terrible and without hope 悲惨绝望的；凄惨的 abject poverty/misery/failure 赤贫；凄惨；惨败
without any respect for yourself 下贱的；卑躬屈节的；自卑的 an abject apology 低声下气的道歉
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘rejected’): from Latin abjectus, past participle of abicere ‘reject’, from ab- ‘away’ + jacere ‘to throw’.