| 英语单词 | abyss |
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| 英美音标 | 英 [ə'bɪs] 美 [ə'bɪs] |
| 中文释义 | n.深渊;无底洞 |
| 英语例句 | (1) He has been in the abyss of despair. (2) I've entered the Abyss and never returned. (3) S. is now censured and condemned by the people in every region and country of the world and finding itself in the abyss of international isolation and ruin. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 他已陷入绝望的深渊。 (2) 我进去了深渊,再也没回来。 (3) 目前,美帝国主义在全世界所有的地区和国家都受到孤立和谴责,并且发现自身已处在国际孤立和毁灭的无底洞里。 |
| vocabulary简明 | The noun abyss refers to a deep void or chasm — either literal or figurative. Making a momentous life decision with great uncertainty, like enrolling in clown college, might feel like jumping into the abyss. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Traditionally, the abyss referred to the "bottomless pit" of Hell. Now it might refer to either a literal chasm or a figurative one: "Thirty years ago, we peered into this abyss and pulled back just in time." The word is sometimes used to describe a wide difference between cultures or nations. Abyss comes from Greek: a- "without" + byssos, "depth, bottom." You may know the related adjective abysmal, which means "appallingly bad" — or "way down in the depths," as it were. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]深渊 An abyss is a very deep hole in the ground. [usu sing] [LITERARY 文] 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]险恶的境地 If someone is on the edge or brink of an abyss, they are about to enter into a very frightening or threatening situation. [usu sing] [LITERARY 文]
3 [N-COUNT 可数名词]极大的差异;鸿沟 A very great difference between two people, things, or groups can be referred to as an abyss . [usu sing] [LITERARY 文]
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