释义 |
ab·jec·tion \abˈjekshən\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English abjeccioun, from Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French abjection, from Late Latin abjection-, abjectio, from Latin abjectus cast down + -ion, -io -ion — more at abject 1. : a low or downcast state : degradation, humiliation 2. : the act of making abject: as a. : humbling < I protest against this vile abjection of youth to age — G.B.Shaw > b. : a casting out or off : rejection < the abjection of Satan from heaven > 3. : the discharge or casting (as of the spores of certain fungi) — compare abstriction |