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abject

🇬🇧 UK/'ᴂbdʒekt/🇺🇸 US/'æbdʒekt/
TOEFLGREC2

Definitions

adj.

Of the most miserable or degraded kind; showing complete hopelessness or lack of self-respect; contemptible

卑鄙的,可怜的,极度悲惨的;毫无骨气的

n.

A person in the most degraded or outcast condition

被遗弃者,最卑贱的人

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
abaway from, off
+
jectthrow, cast
=abject

Common Collocations

  • 1.abject poverty极度贫困
  • 2.abject fear极端恐惧

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    He lived in abject poverty.

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