abyss [əˈbɪs]

例句:

• Why is this thread heading down the Levantine abyss?
  来自BBC
• The country was on the brink of an abyss.
  国家岌岌可危。
  
• Ahead of them was a gaping abyss.
  他们面前是一个巨大的深渊。
  
• The people are plunged into an abyss of misery.
  涂炭生灵.
  
• Even devout believers walk a tightrope over the abyss.
  来自NEWYORKER
• He fell asleep as if falling into an abyss.
  来自NEWYORKER