a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)
双语例句
1. The country was on the brink of an abyss.
国家岌岌可危。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Ahead of them was a gaping abyss.
他们面前是一个巨大的深渊。
来自《权威词典》
3. The people are plunged into an abyss of misery.
涂炭生灵.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
4. He is plunging into an abyss of despair.
他陷入了绝望的深渊.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. The old society was an abyss of darkness.
旧社会暗无天日.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
用作名词 (n.)
He has been in the abyss of despair. 他已陷入绝望的深渊。
I've entered the Abyss and never returned. 我进去了深渊,再也没回来。
S. is now censured and condemned by the people in every region and country of the world and finding itself in the abyss of international isolation and ruin. 目前,美帝国主义在全世界所有的地区和国家都受到孤立和谴责,并且发现自身已处在国际孤立和毁灭的无底洞里。