squalid的中文翻譯是什麼意思
squalid
adj. 骯髒的; 汙穢的; 卑劣的
squalid的柯林斯釋義
ADJ-GRADED骯髒的;邋遢的;條件差的
A squalid place is dirty, untidy, and in bad condition.
He followed her up a rickety staircase to a squalid bedsit...
他跟著她上了一段搖搖晃晃的樓梯，來到了一間邋遢的臥室起居室兩用房間。
The migrants have been living in squalid conditions.
移民們的生活條件一直非常差。
ADJ-GRADED(行為)卑鄙的，醜惡的
Squalid activities are unpleasant and often dishonest.
The Tory Party called the bill 'the most squalid measure ever put before the Commons'.
保守黨稱該議案為“有史以來向下議院提出的最卑鄙的議案”。
...the squalid pursuit of profit.
對利潤不擇手段的追求
squalid的英文釋義
Adjective
1. morally degraded;
- a seedy district
- the seamy side of life
- sleazy characters hanging around casinos
- sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"- Seattle Weekly
- the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"- James Joyce
- the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal
2. foul and run-down and repulsive;
- a flyblown bar on the edge of town
- a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town
- squalid living conditions
- sordid shantytowns
squalid的場景例句
The majority of the population live in massive tower blocks, noisy, squalid and impersonal.
大多數人住在又鬧又髒又沒有人情味的高樓大廈裡.
In this squalid quarrel, what gives the heroes of the Iliad their grandeur?
在這場卑劣的爭吵中, 是什麼給了《伊利亞特》裡英雄人物那種宏偉的氣魄 呢 ?
Such moods, however naive, were certainly neither wicked nor squalid.
這種心情雖屬天真, 但確實是既無惡意,又非卑鄙的.
The main room is filthy and squalid.
大屋子十分骯髒汙穢.
It is easy to see how crime can breed in such a squalid neighborhood.
顯而易見,在這樣的貧民區裡怎能不孕育出犯罪的行為.