abiding  

 【考法1】vt.  永久的： lasting for a long time; enduring

 【例】an abiding love of Espanol    對西班牙語持久的熱愛

 【近】ageless, enduring, eternal, everlasting, perennial, perpetual, timeless

 【反】evanescent , ephemeral        短暫的

abject 

 【考法1】adj.  無精打采的：cast down in spirit, spiritless

 【例】a man made abject by suffering  被生活折磨得無精打采的人

 【近】spiritless

 【反】spirited, excited, exultant   狂喜的，令人興奮的

 【考法2】adj.       （地位、身份）悲慘、淒涼的：sunk to or existing in a low state or condition

 【例】abject poverty  讓人絕望的貧窮

 【考法3】adj.  卑微的，討好的： expressing or offered in a humble and often ingratiating spirit

 【例】abject flattery  卑躬屈膝般的恭維； an abject apology  討好般的、真心的道歉

 【近】base, humble, menial, servile, slavish

abjure  

 【考法1】v.  發誓放棄： a firm and final rejecting or abandoning often made under oath

 【例】abjure one’s belief 發誓放棄信仰

 【近】recant, renege, renounce, abnegate, forswear (also foreswear), repudiate

 【反】affirm, espouse, embrace      擁護

 【考法2】v.  抵制，避免：to resist the temptation of

 【例】abjure extravagance       抵制鋪張浪費

 【近】keep (from), refrain (from), withhold (from)

 【反】bow to, give in to, submit to, succumb to, surrender to, yield to 屈從於