abject
abject
ab.ject AHD[²b“jµkt”, ²b-jµkt“] DJ[6#b7d9ekt, #b6d9ekt] KK[6#b7d9Wkt, #b6d9Wkt]
adj.（形容词）
1.Brought low in condition or status.See Synonyms atmean2
下贱的，卑贱的：状况或地位卑贱的参见mean2
2.Being of the most contemptible kind:
轻蔑的，被鄙视的：
abject cowardice.
被鄙视的懦夫
3.Being of the most miserable kind; wretched:
绝望无助的；凄苦可怜的：
abject poverty.
赤贫
ORIGIN
1.Middle English [outcast]
中古英语 [被遗弃的]
2.from Latinabiectus [past participle of] abicere [to cast away]
源自 拉丁语abiectus [] abicere的过去分词 [扔掉]
3.ab- [from] * see ab-1
ab- [从] *参见ab-1
4.iacere [to throw] * see y¶-
iacere [扔] *参见 y¶-
DERIVATIVES
▪ab“ject”ly adv.（副词）
▪abject“ness 或 n.（名词）
▪abjec“tion:
