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abyss
[əˈbɪs] [əˈbɪs]

  • n. 危险(可怕)的局面,绝境;深渊,深不可测的地方;(人与人之间的)巨大差异,鸿沟;(地狱中的)无底深渊

[ 复数 abysses ]

专业释义英英释义

  • (创世之前的)混沌,洪荒
  • 深海
    深渊
    海渊
  • 海沟

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abyss [ ə'bis ]

  • n. a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)

    同义词: abysm

以上来源于: WordNet

 柯林斯英汉双解大词典 

abyss /əˈbɪs/ TEM8

  • 1. 

    N-COUNT An abyss is a very deep hole in the ground. 深渊 [文学性]

    例:

    The torrent, swollen by the melting snow, plunges into a tremendous abyss.

    因融化的雪水而高涨的急流泻入一个巨大的深渊之中。

  • 2. 

    N-COUNT If someone is on the edge or brink of an abyss, they are about to enter into a very frightening or threatening situation. 深渊 (指危险处境) [文学性]

    例:

    ...a warning that the Middle East was on the brink of an abyss.

    …一则有关中东已经濒临深渊的警告。

同近义词同根词

词根: abyss

adj.

abyssal 深渊的,深海的;深不可测的

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  • "How do you make sure you are designing a system where you are going to constrain risk taking, you can prevent crises from spreading,and -- if a major institution managed itself to the edge of the abyss -- that we are able to put them out of their misery."

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  • All of this monistic philosophy, I think, is implicit in the image of divinity's impregnation of the vast abyss.

    这所有的一元论观点,我认为,都可从神灵孕育洪荒这一意象中看出来。

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  • Whether Gadamer means that when he speaks of gap or whether he simply means an abyss or a distance to be crossed I couldn't say.

    当葛达玛说到间隙时是那个意思,还是仅仅认为它是需要跨越的一个深渊或者一段距离,我不能确定。

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