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单词 abjectly
释义
abjectly
adverb
uk
/ˈæb.dʒekt.li/us
/ˈæb.dʒekt.li/
in anextremeorbadway:
惨不忍睹地；糟糕至极地
Theadministrationhadfailedabjectly initsdutytoprotectthecountry.政府糟糕至极，完全没有尽到保护国家的责任。
Theyperformedabjectly,losingall four oftheirmatches.他们表现得惨不忍睹，四场比赛都输了。
in a way thatshowsnoprideorrespectfor yourself:
可怜地，卑下地，卑鄙地
"Iletyou down all thetime", he said abjectly.“我一直让你失望”，他可怜兮兮地说。
He abjectlypleadedillnesstoavoiddoing thetest.他卑鄙地藉口生病以逃避测验。
More examples
  • What went so abjectlywrong?
  • They are not abjectlypoorlike some of thepeoplein thevillage.
  • It was an abjectlymiserableexperience.
  • He said he was abjectlyashamedof hisbehaviour.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Failing and doing badly
  • at-risk
  • backbencher
  • balls(something)up
  • be on your beam endsidiom
  • be running on emptyidiom
  • blow
  • bomb
  • collapse
  • fight a losing battleidiom
  • flog
  • flog a dead horseidiom
  • flop
  • flub
  • founder
  • rot
  • running on emptyidiom
  • sclerotic
  • screw
  • smoke
  • the rot sets inidiom
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Linguistics: very & extreme
Disappointing yourself and others

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abject
(Definition ofabjectlyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofabjectly

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Last week's banning orders proved conclusively that a policy of no sanctions hasabjectlyfailed.
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Who will deny that it has completely andabjectlybroken down?
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They haveabjectlyfailed to consider how we should devise wiser courses to deal with these problems.
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Private enterprise failedabjectlyto invest in manufacturing industry.
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Why are some of them soabjectlyslow in bringing it forward?
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The outlook for such a man in the big towns and in districts such as my district is utterly andabjectlyhopeless.
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The system failsabjectlyto protect the public.
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Employers have beenabjectlyentreated to allow their men to go, and in certain cases half-crowns have been offered.
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We have tried all that before and it has failed dismally, disastrously andabjectly.
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We have chosen at these great moments to die on our feet as free men, rather than to liveabjectlyon our knees.
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The truth is that overseas development is yet another area in which they haveabjectlyfailed.
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We do not want simply to make a few people very rich and a very large number even moreabjectlypoor.
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In other countries, however, it is not only the mostabjectlypoor who have been affected.
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On the contrary, he isabjectlyfatalistic about the erosion of civil liberties.
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First, they haveabjectlyfailed in their policy for removing failed asylum seekers.
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