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the abyss of [something]
常用于比喻，指某种负面状态或情感的极致。
He was staring into the abyss of despair.
他凝视着绝望的深渊。
深渊；无底洞
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深渊；无底洞
A bottomless or very deep hole, chasm, or gap; an unfathomable void.
He was staring into the abyss of despair.
他凝视着绝望的深渊。
地狱；无底深渊；原始混沌；封闭的地下海洋
Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean.
无底深渊或坑；任何无法测量的(或看似无法测量的)空洞或深渊,常用于比喻
a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)
无底或深不可测的深渊、鸿沟或裂隙；引申为任何深不可测的事物；任何虚空
A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable; any void space.
任何无限、不可测量或深奥的事物
Anything infinite, immeasurable, or profound.
The explorers gazed into the abyss, unable to see the bottom.
探险家们凝视着深渊，看不到底部。
After the accident, she fell into an emotional abyss from which it took years to recover.
事故之后，她陷入了情感的深渊，多年才恢复过来。
The gap between the rich and the poor is an abyss that seems impossible to bridge.
贫富之间的鸿沟是一个似乎无法弥合的深渊。
常用于比喻，指某种负面状态或情感的极致。
He was staring into the abyss of despair.
他凝视着绝望的深渊。
The country fell into an abyss of violence.
这个国家陷入了暴力的深渊。
固定搭配，常表示面对危险或黑暗而不退缩。
Sometimes you have to stare into the abyss and not blink.
有时你必须凝视深渊而不眨眼。
There is an abyss between their cultural values.
他们的文化价值观之间存在鸿沟。
Not this
She abyssed in despair.
Use this
She fell into the abyss of despair.
“abyss”是名词，不能用作动词。应使用动词短语如“fall into the abyss”来表示陷入深渊。
Not this
He stared into abyss.
Use this
He stared into the abyss.
“abyss”作为可数名词，在特指时需要加定冠词“the”。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
凝视深渊（喻指面对恐怖或深不可测的事物）
He gazed into the abyss of his own despair.
他凝视着自己绝望的深渊。
坠入深渊；陷入绝境
The company plunged into an abyss of debt.
这家公司陷入了债务的深渊。
弥合巨大差距／鸿沟
Education can help bridge the abyss between rich and poor.
教育有助于弥合贫富之间的巨大鸿沟。
张开的深渊，令人惊骇的深坑
They stood at the edge of a yawning abyss.
他们站在一道张开巨口的深渊边缘。
无底深渊
Her grief felt like a bottomless abyss.
她的悲伤仿佛一座无底深渊。
凝视深渊；面对令人恐惧或没有出路的事物
After his company collapsed, he spent months staring into the abyss.
公司倒闭后，他好几个月都如临深渊。
绝望的深渊
The war plunged countless families into an abyss of despair.
战争使无数家庭陷入了绝望的深渊。
弥合巨大分歧；跨越鸿沟
The peace talks are an attempt to bridge the abyss between the two sides.
和平谈判是为了弥合双方之间的巨大分歧。
当你凝视深渊时，深渊也在凝视你。
This famous line about the abyss comes from Friedrich Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil.
这句关于深渊的名言出自弗里德里希·尼采的《善恶的彼岸》。
深渊
The Abyss is a 1989 science fiction film directed by James Cameron.
《深渊》是詹姆斯·卡梅隆执导的1989年科幻电影。
Use abyss naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 abyss 拆成 a + byss 来联想：黑洞洞的、深不见底的大坑，就是无底深渊，让人不敢靠近。
语域：formal 常见场景：文学描写、正式书面论述 abyss 通常用于书面或正式语境，多出现在文学作品、修辞比喻或讨论深渊、鸿沟等抽象概念时；口语中较少使用。
Genuine rhymes: this, kiss, bliss, amiss, miss — all share the stressed final /-ɪs/ sound with abyss. Beware the lookalike abysmal /əˈbɪz.məl/: it shares spelling but changes the final consonant to /z/ and adds a syllable, so it does not rhyme.
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