abyss
noun /əˈbɪs/
/əˈbɪs/
[usually singular] (formal or literary)- a very deep wide space or hole that seems to have no bottom
深渊 - Ahead of them was a gaping abyss.
他们前面是一个巨大的深渊。 - They took a long look into the abyss before deciding whether to jump.
在决定是否跳下去之前，他们对深渊进行了长时间的观察。 - (figurative) an abyss of ignorance/despair/loneliness
无知到极点；彻底绝望；无尽的孤寂 - (figurative) The country is stepping back from the edge of an abyss.
该国临渊而退。 - teetering on the edge of the abyss of total political wipeout
徘徊在彻底政治毁灭的深渊边缘
词源late Middle English (in the sense ‘infernal pit’): via late Latin from Greek abussos ‘bottomless’, from a- ‘without’ + bussos ‘depth’. - Ahead of them was a gaping abyss.