squalor
英 ['skwɒlə]
美['skwɔlɚ]
- n. 肮脏；悲惨；卑劣；道德败坏
中文词源
squalor 肮脏
来自拉丁语 squalor,污秽，肮脏，来自 squalere,使污秽，使肮脏。
英文词源
- squalor (n.)
- 1620s, "state or condition of being miserable and dirty," from Latin squalor "roughness, dirtiness, filthiness," from squalere "be filthy" (see squalid).
双语例句
- 1. I find public squalor very saddening.
- 公共场所的肮脏污秽让我感到非常悲哀。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. the dehumanizing effects of poverty and squalor
- 贫穷和肮脏的环境造成丧失人性的结果
来自《权威词典》
- 3. the poverty and squalor of the slums
- 贫民窟的贫穷和肮脏
来自《权威词典》
- 4. He was born in squalor next to London's docks.
- 他出生在伦敦码头附近肮脏的地区.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. It tells the story of an aspiring young man's attempt to rise above the squalor of the street.
- 它讲述了一位有志青年试图摆脱贫苦肮脏的街头生活。
来自柯林斯例句