【abysmal】 - SAT备考词汇

abysmal

UK:  [ə'bɪzm(ə)l]

US:  [ə'bɪzm(ə)l]

n.

1.深渊

adj.

1.极度悲惨[恶劣,卑下]的

2.深不可测的,无底的,地狱(似)的

3.深成的

4.深渊的

1 . The fringe has produced wonderful science, and it has produced wonderfully abysmal science. It has never been a comfortable place to live.
边缘地带曾开创令人惊叹的科学，也制造出令人惊叹的糟糕科学，那里向来不是高枕无忧的地方。

2 . In an echo of that disaster, Mr Fukuda, with abysmal ratings of his own, also shuffled his cabinet, in early August.
和那次彻底的失败相似，福田先生面对自己低迷的民望，也在今年8月重组内阁。

3 . But the colonias have also had some help since the abysmal conditions began to draw more statewide attention.
自从其糟糕的状况开始引起更广泛的注意，colonias也接受了一些援助。

4 . "[With] the males, even with one testis, the quality of that sperm was just abysmal, " she says.
“甚至有的雄美洲豹只有一个睾丸，而且它们的精子的质量糟糕透了，”她说。

5 . We find ourselves facing the horror of what has always been the Achilles heel of the left wing: its abysmal ignorance of economic science.
我们发现正在面临着一种恐怖的境况，它就是左翼经济学家的阿喀琉斯之踵：对经济科学完全的傲慢无知。