abject
1.ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词凄惨的;糟透的;蹩脚的 You use abject to emphasize that a situation or quality is extremely bad.
【搭配模式】：usu ADJ n
【语用信息】：emphasis
Both of them died in abject poverty...
他们两人都于穷困潦倒中死去。
This scheme was an abject failure.
这项计划彻底失败了。
abjectly
Both have failed abjectly.
两人都遭遇了惨败。
2.ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词卑躬屈节的；自卑的；怯懦的 If you describe someone as abject, you think they have no courage or respect for themselves.
【STYLE标签】：LITERARY 文
He sounded abject and eager to please...
他低声下气，急于讨好别人。
He looked back at the abject, 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。
