nadir
英 ['ne?d??; 'n?d??]
美['ned?r]
- n. 最低點(diǎn)，最底點(diǎn)；[天] 天底
- n. (Nadir)人名；(土、葡、巴基、阿拉伯)納迪爾
GRE中低頻詞擴(kuò)展詞匯
助記提示
1. “那底兒”。
中文詞源
nadir 最低點(diǎn)
來自阿拉伯語nazir,相反的，來自nazir as-samt,反方向的，與天頂相反的底點(diǎn)，詞源同zenith.后引申詞義最低點(diǎn)。
英文詞源
- nadir (n.)
- late 14c., in astronomical sense, from Medieval Latin nadir, from Arabic nazir "opposite to," in nazir as-samt, literally "opposite direction," from nazir "opposite" + as-samt "road, path" (see zenith). Transferred sense of "lowest point (of anything)" is first recorded 1793.
雙語例句
- 1. 1945 to 1946 was the nadir of Truman's presidency.
- 1945至1946年的那段時(shí)間是杜魯門總統(tǒng)執(zhí)政最艱難的時(shí)期。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. the nadir of his career
- 他事業(yè)上的低谷
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 3. This failure was the nadir of her career.
- 這次失敗是她事業(yè)上的低谷.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. His fortune was at its nadir.
- 他的運(yùn)氣壞透了.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 5. At the nadir of her career, she was given a great encouragement by his marrying her.
- 在她事業(yè)處于低谷時(shí), 他和她結(jié)婚給了她巨大的鼓勵(lì).
來自《簡明英漢詞典》