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abysmal adj.深不可测的；极坏的；完全的 (1) 悲伤的灵魂在无底的深潭里嚎啕。(2) 虽然教学上用的软件十分紧缺，学校的计算机数量却迅速增加。(3) 电影太糟糕,看得我睡着了。(4) 尽管如此，许多发展中国家的妇女识字率却令人叹息。(5) 他学习课程以弥补他极端的无知。(6) 这些表面上相触的地层实际上相隔很远。 When someone describes the hole you just dug as abysmal, you may not know whether to take it as positive or negative feedback. That's because starting in the 1650s, abysmal simply meant “resembling an abyss in depth.” By that definition you've just received a compliment on your deep digging skills. But since the early twentieth century, abysmal has been more commonly used to identify something as "extremely bad." So it's more likely that your hole has just been insulted.

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英 [ə'bɪzməl] 美 [ə'bɪzməl] (1) Woeful souls are wailing in an abysmal pond.(2) Although there is an abysmal lack of educational software, the number of computers in schools expands rapidly.(3) The film was so abysmal that I fell asleep.(4) Despite this, in many developing countries, the literacy rate for women is abysmal.(5) He took courses to remedy his abysmal ignorance.(6) These strata, lying apparently in contact, is in fact abysmal separate. If you want to say something is really, really bad — then call it abysmal. If one person shows up to your party, well then that is an abysmal turnout. The 1958 Ford Edsel? An abysmal failure. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]极坏的；糟透的 If you describe a situation or the condition of something as abysmal, you think that it is very bad or poor in quality. ...our abysmal record at producing a scientifically trained workforce...我们在培育具有科学素养的专业人才方面惨不忍睹的记录The general standard of racing was abysmal.竞赛总体水平极糟。abysmallyThe standard of education was abysmally low...教育水平极低。As the chart shows, it has failed abysmally.如图表所示，它一败涂地。

英语单词	abysmal
英美音标	英 [ə'bɪzməl] 美 [ə'bɪzməl]
中文释义	adj.深不可测的；极坏的；完全的
英语例句	(1) Woeful souls are wailing in an abysmal pond. (2) Although there is an abysmal lack of educational software, the number of computers in schools expands rapidly. (3) The film was so abysmal that I fell asleep. (4) Despite this, in many developing countries, the literacy rate for women is abysmal. (5) He took courses to remedy his abysmal ignorance. (6) These strata, lying apparently in contact, is in fact abysmal separate.
中文例句	(1) 悲伤的灵魂在无底的深潭里嚎啕。 (2) 虽然教学上用的软件十分紧缺，学校的计算机数量却迅速增加。 (3) 电影太糟糕,看得我睡着了。 (4) 尽管如此，许多发展中国家的妇女识字率却令人叹息。 (5) 他学习课程以弥补他极端的无知。 (6) 这些表面上相触的地层实际上相隔很远。
vocabulary简明	If you want to say something is really, really bad — then call it abysmal. If one person shows up to your party, well then that is an abysmal turnout. The 1958 Ford Edsel? An abysmal failure.
vocabulary扩展	When someone describes the hole you just dug as abysmal, you may not know whether to take it as positive or negative feedback. That's because starting in the 1650s, abysmal simply meant “resembling an abyss in depth.” By that definition you've just received a compliment on your deep digging skills. But since the early twentieth century, abysmal has been more commonly used to identify something as "extremely bad." So it's more likely that your hole has just been insulted.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]极坏的；糟透的 If you describe a situation or the condition of something as abysmal, you think that it is very bad or poor in quality. ...our abysmal record at producing a scientifically trained workforce... 我们在培育具有科学素养的专业人才方面惨不忍睹的记录 The general standard of racing was abysmal. 竞赛总体水平极糟。 abysmally The standard of education was abysmally low... 教育水平极低。 As the chart shows, it has failed abysmally. 如图表所示，它一败涂地。

Abysmal Bad Hole Standard 英 ə'Bɪzməl] 美 ə'Bɪzməl Adj.深不可测的；极坏的；完全的