abjection

C'était exactement ce que nous disait Pasolini il y a presque quatre décennies – avant qu'une manifestation étrange et effrayante de cette abjection ne le réduise au silence.
This is exactly what Pasolini was telling us almost four decades ago - before an eerie, gory manifestation of this very tawdriness silenced him.
La discrimination institutionnelle est une abjection terrible, et le gouvernement a raison de vouloir s'attaquer au problème.
Institutional discrimination is a terrible disgrace, and the government is right in wanting to tackle the issue.
Ce que Samuel a fait à M. Huerta était une abjection, et je n'arrive pas à croire que tu le défendes.
What Samuel did to Mr. Huerta was an abomination, and I can't believe you're defending him.
Tout à l’opposé de l’abjection dans laquelle il tombe quand, aveuglé par sa passion pour Bethsabée, il l’arrache à son époux, un de ses plus fidèles guerriers, et ordonne ensuite froidement l’assassinat de ce dernier.
This makes all the more incongruous the abjection into which he falls when, blinded by passion for Bathsheba, he takes her from her husband, one of his most faithful warriors, and then coldly orders that he be murdered.
Les mesures économiques du jeune président ont aidé à sortir des milliers de familles de l’abjection et de l’extrême pauvreté.
The economic measures of the young president helped get thousands of families out of abjection and extreme poverty.
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