【abject】 - SAT备考词汇

abject

UK:  ['æbdʒekt]

US:  ['æbdʒekt]

adj.

1.卑鄙的,下贱的,下流的

2.不幸的,悲惨的

3.厚颜无耻的

4.最可怜的

1 . Mr. Bob Sawyer glanced at His friend with a look of abject apprehension and once more cried "Come in"
鲍伯·索耶先生带着穷酸的恐惧神色看了他朋友一眼，又喊了一声“进来”。

2 . The country, a declining communist industrial power when he took control, fell into abject poverty under his rule.
金正日掌权时，朝鲜是一个衰落之中的共产主义工业强国，但在他的治下却陷入赤贫。

3 . But in an old man who has achieved whatever work it was in him to do, the fear of death is somewhat abject and ignoble .
但对于一个完成了他份内要做的所有工作的老人来说，怕死就有点儿卑鄙和不光彩了。

4 . Witnessing the original flower-like daughter become so abject, her mother was more than heartbroken.
看着原本如花似玉的女儿变成半死不活的样子，母亲心痛不已。

5 . Thanks to years of spectacular growth, more people have been pulled from abject poverty in modern Asia than at any other time in history.
由于多年来经济增长强劲，现代亚洲把许多人从赤贫中拯救了出来，当前的脱贫人口是有史以来最多的。