abject的副词

1. of the most contemptible kind;

   "abject cowardice"
   "a low stunt to pull"
   "a low-down sneak"
   "his miserable treatment of his family"
   "You miserable skunk!"
   "a scummy rabble"
   "a scurvy trick"
   

2. most unfortunate or miserable;

   "the most abject slaves joined in the revolt"
   "abject poverty"
   

3. showing utter resignation or hopelessness;

   "abject surrender"
   

4. showing humiliation or submissiveness;

   "an abject apology"
   

1. 卑鄙的：她人很好,但有一天她被唯一卑鄙的(abject)男修道院院长(abbot)教唆(abet). 他诱拐(abduct)她上了床(abed). 几个月后,她的腹部(abdomen)鼓了起来,这使她非比寻常羞愧(abash),也在确定程度上使她降低了身份(abase).

2. 卑鄙的,卑屈的：abhor 憎恶,痛恨 |abject 卑鄙的,卑屈的 | abjure (发誓)放弃

3. 不幸的：abirritative 镇静的 |abject 不幸的 |abjection 卑鄙

4. abject

4. 卑劣,卑屈,可耻的：transitory 短暂,顷刻的 |abject 卑劣,卑屈,可耻的 | conjecture 推测,猜想,推测,猜想

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。