He looked back at the abject, silent girl and repeated his question.
他轉過頭看著這個噤若寒蟬的女孩，又重復了一遍他的問題。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
The most abject slaves joined in the revolt.
大多數(shù)可憐的奴隸參加了造反.
期刊摘選
He seems to have conceived an abject, unreasoned terror of the Railroad.
他好象對鐵路公司抱著一種意氣消沉, 不可理喻的恐懼心理.
辭典例句
But in an old man who has known joys and sorrows, and has achieved whatever work it was in him to do, the fear of death is somewhat abject and ignoble.
This policy has turned out to be an abject failure.
這一政策最后以慘敗而告終.
《簡明英漢詞典》
And for Israel to gain nothing from its fight would be an abject humiliation.
并且對以色列來說,從戰(zhàn)爭中一無所獲是奇恥大辱.
期刊摘選
But in an old man who has known human joys and sorrows, and has achieved whatever work it was in him to do, the fear of death is somewhat abject and ignoble.