| 单词 | abject |
| 释义 | abject (æbdʒekt ) 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] You use abject to emphasize that a situation or quality is extremely bad. [emphasis] Both of them died in abject poverty. This scheme was an abject failure. Synonyms: wretched, miserable, hopeless, dismal abjectly adverb Both have failed abjectly. 2. graded adjective If you describe someone as abject, you think they have no courage or respect for themselves. [literary] He sounded abject and eager to please. He looked back at the abject, silent girl and repeated his question. Synonyms: servile, humble, humiliating, craven Collocations: abject apology The editor avoided a prison sentence for'personal scurrilous abuse of a judge' only because of his abject apology. Times, Sunday Times (2008) It prompted an abject apology from the secret service. Times, Sunday Times (2009) This time there was a little jostling followed by an abject apology. Times, Sunday Times (2017) The abject failure to admit to this is the big deceit of British politics. Times, Sunday Times (2015) The plan was an abject failure. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Everything is so serious, so meticulous, all brought on by years of abject failure. The Sun (2016) There is not a single, simple explanation for this abject failure, but a series of overlapping factors. Times, Sunday Times (2009) An abject failure, for me, at its first trial run. The Sun (2009) They are, after all, more than mere sensations-else how do we distinguish between abject fear and cheerful excitement? Christianity Today I'd sit there in abject fear, but she's so relaxed. The Sun Birds are singing, and the spring air smells of pine resin, wild thyme and abject fear. Times, Sunday Times Sometimes - when confronted with a home lie detector kit, for instance - it takes submission, and a willingness to acknowledge abject fear. Times, Sunday Times I spend my life reading other people's essays in journals in abject fear of studying an already 'overworked' area, petrified that my thesis will be invalid. Times, Sunday Times And if so, would it be an inspired show of strength - or a gesture of abject surrender? The Sun That way they would have been spared the horror of seeing this abject surrender against their arch-rivals. The Sun I am assured her contributions will continue, just as soon as the paper manages its instant and abject surrender. Times, Sunday Times This was a pitiful, meek, abject surrender. The Sun Illiteracy led them to tamasic activities and abject surrender to hundreds of deities to tide over their problems. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Take a walk without regarding every approaching jogger with abject terror? Times,Sunday Times People can overcome abject terror and do astoundingly brave things on television. Times, Sunday Times Sooner or later everyone experiences a moment of abject terror, but not many of us have to confront it in front of millions of television viewers. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 糟糕透顶的 Japanese: 悲惨な |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含147115条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。