【abyss】 - AEAS备考词汇

abyss

UK:  [ə'bɪs]

US:  [ə'bɪs]

复数：abysses  

n.

1.深渊,无底洞

2.深渊;地狱

3.〔古语〕地狱,阴间;浑沌

4.深海

5.陷坑

6.鸿沟

7.旋涡

8.深湖区

adj.

1.深渊

1 . Here are songs of the dark treasures of the abyss, soaring up to the sheer cliffs of bliss.
这些歌就像是深渊里面的珍宝沿着峭壁冲出黑暗的狂喜一般。

2 . It seemed to him that heaven had at length taken pity on him, and had sent this noise to warn him on the very brink of the abyss.
他觉得，似乎上苍终于怜悯他的不幸了，所以派这个声音来警告他立刻悬崖勒马。

3 . The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
母亲的心是一个深渊，在它的最深处你总会得到宽耍——巴尔扎克

4 . After divorcing her husband for his dalliances, Tie is raped by what seems to be a local handyman, sending her into her own miserable abyss.
铁玉香因为丈夫寻花问柳离婚后，被一个杂役给强暴了，从而让她也陷入了不幸的深渊。

5 . It seemed to her that she had begun to live in an abyss, and that it was Jean Valjean who had rescued her from it.
她仿佛觉得她从前生活在一个黑洞里，是冉阿让把她从那洞里救出来的。