abyss

英 [əˈbɪs]

美 [əˈbɪs]

n.  深渊

复数：abysses　

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Collins.1 / BNC.14950 / COCA.11847

牛津词典

noun

• 深渊
  a very deep wide space or hole that seems to have no bottom
  1. Ahead of them was a gaping abyss.
     他们前面是一个巨大的深渊。
  2. an abyss of ignorance/despair/loneliness
     无知到极点；彻底绝望；无尽的孤寂
  3. The country is stepping back from the edge of an abyss.
     该国临渊而退。

柯林斯词典

• 深渊
  Anabyssis a very deep hole in the ground.
• N-COUNT 险恶的境地
  If someone is on the edge or brink of anabyss, they are about to enter into a very frightening or threatening situation.
  1. He felt he was on the edge of an abyss; one false move and he was done for...
     他觉得如临深渊，一步不慎便会永劫不复。
  2. The country was on the brink of an abyss.
     国家岌岌可危。
• N-COUNT 极大的差异；鸿沟
  A very great difference between two people, things, or groups can be referred to as anabyss.
  1. How big is the abyss between what you think you are and what you actually are?
     你对自己的认识和真实的你之间差别到底有多大？

英英释义

noun

• a bottomless gulf or pit
  Synonym:abysm

双语例句

• It is time I went out of the abyss and freed myself.
  是时候我该走出深渊、解放自己了。
• How big is the abyss between what you think you are and what you actually are?
  你对自己的认识和真实的你之间差别到底有多大？
• The analogy of opposites is the relations of light to shadow, peak to abyss, fullness to void.
  相对物的类推，就是光对影，巅峰对深渊，满对虚的关系。
• My heart was sinking, as if the despair had thrown me into the black abyss of depression.
  我的心很快地沉了下去，就好像要跌进了绝望那深黑的谷底。
• Nietzsche wrote: When you look long into an abyss, the abyss looks into you.
  严密地注视，警惕地监视尼采：当你凝视深渊时，深渊也在凝视你。
• On every summit you are on the brink of an abyss.
  在每一座顶峰上，你都处在一个深渊的边缘。
• Only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you!
  只要别把我撇在这个深渊里，这儿我找不到你！
• His love had brought her many beautiful dreams, but now it was casting her into a dark abyss.
  他的爱曾经带给她许多美妙的幻梦，然而它现在却把她丢进了黑暗的深渊。
• And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.
  当你长时间凝视深渊的时候，深渊也在凝视着你。
• I've entered the abyss and never returned.
  我进入了深渊，再也没回来。