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abysmal

/uh-biz-muhl/US // əˈbɪz məl //UK // (əˈbɪzməl) //

糟糕的,糟糕透顶,糟糕的是,糟糕透顶的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or like an abyss; immeasurably deep or great.
    • : extremely or hopelessly bad or severe: abysmal ignorance; abysmal poverty.

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Examples

  • For decades, the world has turned a blind eye to India’s abysmal human rights record.

  • Let’s be clear, the United States is abysmal in its human rights practices.

  • ExxonMobil, which reigned for years as America’s most valuable company, has had a rough time in the last few days—even by the abysmal standards of the pandemic-hammered oil industry.

  • The Duo’s 11-megapixel camera is abysmal, frankly, but can shoot portrait mode shots to varying degrees of effectiveness.

  • They also have a better chance of success than private equity, which has an absolutely abysmal track record in retail.

  • For everybody else, public schools were the only option—and these institutions often had an abysmal record.

  • It was a mess, and when Ball exited as showrunner following the abysmal fifth season, it got even worse.

  • Yes, the economy remains sclerotic, work force participation is abysmal, and wages stagnate.

  • The problem is to get an attractive wrapping for such abysmal conservative ideas.

  • It has been, by all accounts, an abysmal year when it comes to comedy films.

  • I know the abysmal ignorance of the world and human character which, as a girl,7 you necessarily have.

  • And once the iron marker came up on a sun-baked deck icy-cold from its abysmal plunge.

  • Colleges, broken from the chain which held them in the stream of time, rushed towards the abysmal rent.

  • And as he rode at the head of his men he drew mental pictures that broadened his grin and brought into his eyes an abysmal gleam.

  • It came to me like a revelation, a revelation at once incredible and indisputable of the abysmal folly of our being.