abuse abyss academic

abuse (vt):

to say very rude or cruel things to someone // 辱骂

She had been beaten and sexually abused. // 虐待

He had abused his power. // 滥用

abyss (n):

an abyss of despair // 深渊

academic (adj):

academic qualifications // 学术的

What car to buy is a purely academic question for me, because I can't afford one at all! // 脱离实际的


abstain abstraction absurd

abstain (vi):

Jack was advised to abstain from alcohol for a few days. // 戒除

I couldn't decide who to vote for, so in the end I abstained. // 弃权

abstraction (n):

A good judge must consider all the facts of a case as well as the abstraction "justice". // 抽象概念

absurd (adj):

It's absurd not to wear a coat in such cold weather. // 愚蠢的、荒谬的