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abject

C2 adj

abject /ˈæbˌd͡ʒɛkt/ nghĩa là khốn khổ, đáng khinh

Các nghĩa

  1. khốn khổ, đáng khinh

    Existing in or sunk to a low condition, position, or state; contemptible, despicable, miserable.

    By hovv much from the top of vvondrous glory, / Strongeſt of mortal men, / To lovveſt pitch of abject fortune thou art fall'n.

  2. hoàn toàn, tuyệt đối

    Complete; downright; utter.

    broadly

    abject failure   abject nonsense   abject terror

  3. tuyệt vọng, khúm núm

    Of a person: cast down in hope or spirit; showing utter helplessness, hopelessness, or resignation; also, grovelling; ingratiating; servile.

    O that I vvere a God, to ſhoot forth Thunder / Vpon theſe paltry, ſeruile, abiect Drudges: / Small things make baſe men proud.

    Indeed, I know nothing ſo abject as the behaviour of a man canvaſſing for a ſeat in parliament— […]

    To ſtrike any perſon, even in the moſt abject condition, was a thing in a manner unknown, and would be highly diſgraceful.

  4. bị gạt ra lề, lệch lạc

    Marginalized as deviant.

    noun-from-verb · usually

    The disclosure of tolerance's hidden phobic lining fits in well with queer theory's embrace of the abject.

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