abysmal

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a. 深不可测的, 无底的

发音

US /əˈbɪz.məl/

词形变化

more abysmal 比较级 most abysmal 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Pertaining to, or resembling an abyss.

    古体

    The latter [geology] gives one the same sort of bewildering view of the abysmal extent of Time that Astronomy does of Space. [First attested in the early 19ᵗʰ century.]

  2. 2.

    Extremely bad; terrible.

    无可救药

    烂透

    比喻

词汇关系

词源

From abysm + -al. Compare abyssal.

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