abject意思

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. 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

1. The old couple lived in abject poverty.
   这对老夫妇生活赤贫。
2. A third of the total population of the world are living in abject poverty.
   全世界有三分之一的人口过着极其贫困的生活。
3. She screamed in abject terror.
   她由于极度的恐惧而尖叫起来。
4. This led to his abject failure.
   这导致了他的惨败。
5. This policy has turned out to be an abject failure.
   这一政策最后以惨败告终。
6. He is an abject liar.
   他是一个卑鄙的说谎者。
7. The soldier deserted like an abject coward.
   那个士兵像一个可耻的胆小鬼一样开了小差。
8. Even the most abject slaves joined in the revolt.
   连卑贱的奴隶都加入了造反的行列。

1. He is almost abject in his respect for his boss.
   他对老板的尊敬几乎是低三下四。
2. He is poor but not abject in his manner.
   他穷，但行为并不卑屈。

• 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。