abysmal
英 [əˈbɪzməl]
美 [əˈbɪzməl]
adj. 极坏的; 糟透的
BNC.19503 / COCA.18494
同义词辨析
deepadj. 深的，深刻的
〔辨析〕
形容具体事物时，指由表及里或由上到下的深度；形容抽象事物时，指内容深奥的或感情深切的。
〔例证〕
There was a deep pond behind the house.
房子后面曾经有个很深的池塘。
The conversations between the two philosophers were too deep for me.
那两位哲学家的谈话对我而言太深奥了。
The politician expressed his deep sympathy when he visited the quake-hit area.
那位政治家在访问地震灾区时表示了深切的慰问。
房子后面曾经有个很深的池塘。
The conversations between the two philosophers were too deep for me.
那两位哲学家的谈话对我而言太深奥了。
The politician expressed his deep sympathy when he visited the quake-hit area.
那位政治家在访问地震灾区时表示了深切的慰问。
abysmaladj. 〈文〉无底的，深不可测的
〔辨析〕
通常指由上到下的深度不可测的。
〔例证〕
The scene in which two actors fought on an abysmal cliff gave me a deep impression.
两名男演员在万丈悬崖上打斗的场面给我留下了深刻印象。
两名男演员在万丈悬崖上打斗的场面给我留下了深刻印象。
profoundadj. 〈文〉深的；深刻的
〔辨析〕
多用于形容抽象事物，如影响或效果；指感情深切时可与 deep 换用。
〔例证〕
His dance touches upon something profound in the human mind.
他的舞蹈触及了人类内心深处的某种东西。
The director's childhood experience has a profound impact on his film.
这位导演的童年经历深深地影响了他的电影。
They did the research with profound/deep interest.
他们怀着浓厚的兴趣做此项研究。
他的舞蹈触及了人类内心深处的某种东西。
The director's childhood experience has a profound impact on his film.
这位导演的童年经历深深地影响了他的电影。
They did the research with profound/deep interest.
他们怀着浓厚的兴趣做此项研究。
牛津词典
adj.
- 极坏的；糟透的
extremely bad or of a very low standard
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 极坏的;糟透的
If you describe a situation or the condition of something asabysmal, you think that it is very bad or poor in quality.- ...our abysmal record at producing a scientifically trained workforce...
我们在培育具有科学素养的专业人才方面惨不忍睹的记录 - The general standard of racing was abysmal.
竞赛总体水平极糟。
- ...our abysmal record at producing a scientifically trained workforce...
英英释义
adj
- resembling an abyss in depth
- the abyssal depths of the ocean
- very great
- abysmal misery
- abysmal stupidity
双语例句
- National development banks such as the Brazilian Development Bank, China Development Bank and the Development Bank of Southern Africa have abysmal records in terms of transparency and in terms of social and environmental safeguards, Ms. Alexander said.
各国的开发银行，比如巴西开发银行、中国开发银行，以及南部非洲开发银行（DevelopmentBankofSouthernAfrica），在社会影响和环境保护方面的透明度，一直都极其糟糕，亚历山大说。 - There is a historic explanation for the abysmal state of Chinese cuisine in the United States.
中餐在美国的糟糕状态可以从历史上找原因。 - Overmanned, with outdated practices and abysmal industrial relations, the business was probably doomed.
冗员、作风过时以及恶劣的劳资关系，或许注定了这个行业行将没落。 - The abysmal wages of rural labourers.
农业工人少得可怜的工资。 - We have an abysmal need for food.
我们十分需要食物。 - Despite this, in many developing countries, the literacy rate for women is abysmal.
尽管如此，许多发展中国家的妇女识字率却令人叹息。 - He took courses to remedy his abysmal ignorance.
他学课程以弥补他极大的无知。 - I have to say that the standard of play was abysmal.
我得承认比赛中表现出的水准太糟糕了。 - Why did we have some prehistoric rock guitarist and a talent show winner miming to some abysmal sound track?
为什么我们要找一些过去的摇滚吉他手和糟透的选秀歌手来刺激我们？ - Live in abysmal conditions Many a good father hath but a bad son.
在极恶劣的情况下生活[谚]贤父难免生劣子。