abject的常用短语是什么

1. 凄惨的，绝望的 hopeless; of as low quality as possible
2. 卑鄙的，下贱的 not having any respect for oneself; not proud or brave

1.凄惨的;糟透的;蹩脚的
You useabject to emphasize that a situation or quality is extremely bad.

e.g. Both of them died inabject poverty...
他们两人都于穷困潦倒中死去。
e.g. This scheme was anabject failure.
这项计划彻底失败了。

2.卑躬屈节的；自卑的；怯懦的
If you describe someone asabject, you think they have no courage or respect for themselves.

e.g. He soundedabject and eager to please...
他低声下气，急于讨好别人。
e.g. He looked back at theabject, silent girl and repeated his question.
他转过头看着这个噤若寒蝉的女孩，又重复了一遍他的问题。

in an abject way

自卑地

• The most abject poverty is preferable to domestic service.

  出自：F. Trollope

• The abject heirs of an illustrious name.

  出自：Ld Macaulay

abject,mean, ignoble,sordid

这组词都用于指人、人的行为以及人们所处的条件非常低劣、卑下以致失去人类的尊严或不符合人类生活、品质的普遍准则的意思，其区别是：

abject一般指境况极为恶劣，地位卑下或奴颜卑膝，有时仅指事物本身等级低或规模小；sordid强调作风上和思想上的腐化或堕落；mean暗示狠毒、贪婪等为人类社会所不齿的卑鄙、自私的行为或态度；而ignoble则指思想境界或灵魂低下，但通常不含自私、小气的意思。例如：

The prostitute wrote a book about her sordid life. 那妓女写了一本关于自己腐化生活的书。

How could anyone so mean! 一个人怎么能如此不要脸！

To betray one's country is ignoble. 叛国是为人所不齿的。

a mean motive卑鄙的动机

That was a mean remark.那是带有恶意的话。

He is mean over money matters.他在钱的方面很吝啬。

It was mean of you to eat all the peaches.你把桃子全吃光了，真不害羞。

He took mean advantage of me.他用卑鄙的手段欺骗了我。

an ignoble man卑鄙无耻的人

an ignoble action卑鄙的行为

a sorbid practice卑鄙的手法

sorbid desires低贱的欲望

He probably had his own sorbid reasons for behaving like that.他那样做大概也有其卑鄙的理由。