abject
中文来自 ECDICT
- adj.
- 绝望无助的，可怜的，糟透的，卑鄙的，自卑的
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演变路径（由近及远）
原始词根
原始印欧语 *(H)yeh₁-
词源说明
The adjective is derived from Late Middle English abiect, abject (adjective) [and other forms], from Middle French abject (modern French abject, abjet (obsolete)), and from its etymon Latin abiectus (“abandoned; cast aside”), an adjective use of the perfect passive participle of abiciō (“to discard, throw away”), from ab- (prefix meaning ‘away from’) + iaciō (“to throw”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- (“to throw”)).
The noun is derived from the adjective.
释义（英文）
形容词 Adjective
- Existing in or sunk to a low condition, position, or state; contemptible, despicable, miserable. [from early 15th c.]
- (by extension) (chiefly with a negative connotation) Complete
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演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 abjecten “to cast out, expel”
词源说明
From Late Middle English abjecten (“to cast out, expel”) [and other forms], from abiect, abject (adjective) (see etymology 1).
Sense 3 (“of a fungus: to give off (spores or sporidia)”) is modelled after German abschleudern (“to give off forcefully”).
释义（英文）
动词 Verb
- To cast off or out (someone or something); to reject, especially as contemptible or inferior