Outside the private sector standards are abysmal.(國立之外，私立學校的標準則無法估算。)

He looked done in at Cannes. I don't think it is his new baby that is costing him sleep, but his abysmal approval ratings.(他在戛納看起來非常疲倦，筆者不認為原因是他最近出生的孩子使他睡眠受損，而是他在為支持率操心。)

Mr Hatoyama's popularity, which once soared, plumbs abysmal depths.(鳩山首相一度飆升的支持率現已直墜深淵。)

Coming through the high driveway into the quadrangle a sense of abysmal futility always came over me.(從馬路上一路走進四合院，我總會產生一種深切的徒勞無功的感覺。)

When Mr Klein took the job in 2002, graduation rates were low and test scores abysmal.(當Klein先生在2002年接手工作時，畢業率低迷，考試分數糟糕透頂。)

While 28 percent is certainly better than 16 percent, the results are still abysmal.(盡管28%當然要比16%好，但是結果還是非常糟糕的。)

Most Indians emerge from this system with an abysmal education.(大多數印度人都帶著糟糕的教育離開了教育系統。)

In an echo of that disaster, Mr Fukuda, with abysmal ratings of his own, also shuffled his cabinet, in early August.(和那次徹底的失敗相似，福田先生面對自己低迷的民望，也在今年8月重組內閣。)

Many have abysmal graduation rates.(許多學校畢業率非常低。)

Why did we have some prehistoric rock guitarist and a talent show winner miming to some abysmal sound track?(為什么我們要找一些過時的搖滾吉他手和有才華的歌手來模仿最糟糕的曲子？)