nadir
nadir 英 [ˈneɪdɪə(r)] 美 [ˈneɪdɪr]
n. 最低点，最底点；[天] 天底
名词复数:nadirs
- If a highly forgetful person loses his phone, his wallet, and then his car keys in separate instances all in one day, you could say that he has reached an organizational nadir. This means “lowest point.”
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- n. 最低点，最底点；[天] 天底
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1. Why not move to one of the most economically depressed cities in America during the nadir of a recession?
那么干嘛不趁着美国经济衰退的最低点到一个最不景气的城市去呢？
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2. This little-travelled region may represent the global nadir for herbivores.
这个小旅游地区里，食草动物在全球处于最低点。
- 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.
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