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nadir

/ney-der, ney-deer/US // ˈneɪ dər, ˈneɪ dɪər //UK // (ˈneɪdɪə, ˈnæ-) //

最低点,底线,最低谷,天底

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
    • : Astrology. the point of a horoscope opposite the midheaven: the cusp of the fourth house.
    • : the lowest point; point of greatest adversity or despair.

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Examples

  • The nadir of a year riddled with uncertainty, stress and tumult might arrive in early November, when an unusual presidential contest spurs a multistate fight over absentee ballots and confirmed results.

  • At their nadir in April, total hours worked were 16% lower than January in both countries.

  • Raniere represents a true nadir of sociopathy, and there is no moral equivalency between his worst crimes and short-con financial grifters.

  • Yet its trade position has also fueled the nation’s currency, which soared almost 30% from a nadir in March.

  • Tech stocks’ huge share of the index is both a result of and an explanation for the S&P 500’s rebound of more than 50% since its nadir during March’s historic, coronavirus-induced correction.

  • Plus, this sorry excuse for a show represents a sort of cultural nadir when it comes to reality television.

  • The stock market has gone nuts, more than doubling since its March 2009 nadir.

  • Worse even than what I consider his nadir thus far, the 2011 debt-ceiling fiasco.

  • At its nadir, on September 4, 2012, Facebook closed below $18.

  • The debt debacle of 2011 was far and away the nadir of his first term.

  • It is made famous through its connection with an act of cruelty on the part of Sheikh Nadir.

  • She was a daughter of the House of Nadir Shah, burning with the traditional ambitions of her family.

  • Ingulfus mentions at the same time a nadir, as he calls it, or planetarium, executed in various metals.

  • Infinity lay between the end of December and the end of January; in a month his spirits had risen from nadir to zenith.

  • Life becomes awful by its reaches: its span from zenith to nadir, by moral parallax.