n. abjectly servile subject,person belonging tothe lowest social condition卑賤的臣民,地位最低賤的人。
△R. III. 1 . 1 . 106: “We are the Queen’s abjects,andmust obey.”我們是王后的卑賤臣民,必須服從。
abject
a.
1. lowly born,low出身卑賤的,下賤的。
△2H. VI. 2. 410: “Sweet Nell,ill can thy noble mind abrook / Theabject people gazing on thy face,/ With enviouslooks laughing at thy shame,”親愛的耐兒,你那高貴的心靈肯定很難忍受那些下賤的老百姓盯著你的臉,帶著惡毒的神情嘲笑你的羞辱。
2. mean,despicable卑下的,可鄙的。
△2H. VI. 4. 1. 104:“O that I were a god,to shoot forth thunder / Uponthese paltry,servile,abject drudges!”啊,但愿我是一位天神,放出雷電劈死這些卑鄙下賤的奴才!
abject terms: despicable words卑鄙的言詞。
△2H. VI.5. 1 . 24: “O,I could hew up rocks and fight withflint,/ I am so angry at these abject terms;”啊,我簡直要劈開巖石、與石頭作戰(zhàn),因為我聽了這些卑鄙的言詞太憤怒了。3. despicable,contemptible可鄙的,可鄙視的。
△H. VIII. 1. 1. 126: “and his eye reviled / Me as his abject ob-ject;” i. e. as his object of contempt. 他的眼睛也在辱罵我,把我當(dāng)做他鄙視的對象。
abject[??bd?ekt]
adj.卑鄙的,無恥的
‖ abject poverty 赤貧,一貧如洗
abjectly adv.abjection n.羞辱,驅(qū)逐