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Abject Participle æbdʒekt A.极可怜的;卑下的 英 极可怜的(Miserable Wretched);卑下的(Lacking Self Respect

单词 abject
音标 ['æbdʒekt]
解释 a.极可怜的;卑下的
红宝书 【英】 极可怜的(miserable; wretched);卑下的(lacking self-respect; degraded; base)
【考】 反义词:exultant(欢 跃的)
【记】 ab+ject(抛扔)→抛掉 的→可怜的
【同】 同根词:reject(抛弃 ,拒绝), projectile(投射物)
字源 abject (adj.)
early 15c., "cast off, rejected," from Latin abiectus, past participle of abicere "to throw away, cast off; degrade, humble, lower," from ab- "away, off" (see ab-) + iacere "to throw" (past participle iactus; see jet (v.)). Figurative sense of "downcast, brought low" first attested 1510s. Related: Abjectly; abjectness.
不择手段背单词 adj. 悽苦可怜的; 下贱的(状况或地位卑贱的); 被鄙视的 = downtrodden = underfoot
【例】an abject liar 卑鄙的说谎者 abject poverty 一贫如洗
【根】ab离, ject抛, 扔-被遗弃-可怜的因为被reject, 所以abject
【参】reject(v 抛弃, 拒绝); projectile(n 投射物)
【反】exultant(adj 欢跃的); spirited(adj 英勇的); exciting(adj 令人兴奋激动的)
趣味全助记 【记】ab 否定,+ ject 抛,射, 不要被抛掉了;object 反对
【相关】abject 可怜的,deject 使沮丧,eject 逐出 喷射,inject 注射 注入,interject 插嘴, 突然插入,object 物体 反对,project 发射 放映 工程,reject 拒绝,subject 主题,traject 传导

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