nadir
noun [ S ] uk/ˈneɪ.dɪər/ us/ˈneɪ.dɚ/
formal最糟糕的时刻；最消沉的时刻；最失意的时候；最低点
the worst moment, or the moment of least hope and least achievement
The defeat was the nadir of her career. 那次失利是她职业生涯的最低谷。
Compare: zenith (HIGHEST POINT)
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- They are at the nadir of their 114-year football history.
- The city experienced an economic nadir in the 1970s.
- Core body temperature rises gradually from its nadir in the middle of the night during slow-wave sleep, the least active brain state.
- At the winter solstice we acknowledge the sun at its nadir and we beseech its return.