squalor
英 ['skw?l?]
美['skw?l?]
- n. 骯臟；悲慘；卑劣；道德敗壞
低頻詞TEM8GRE暢通詞匯
中文詞源
squalor 骯臟
來自拉丁語 squalor,污穢，骯臟，來自 squalere,使污穢，使骯臟。
英文詞源
- squalor (n.)
- 1620s, "state or condition of being miserable and dirty," from Latin squalor "roughness, dirtiness, filthiness," from squalere "be filthy" (see squalid).
雙語例句
- 1. I find public squalor very saddening.
- 公共場所的骯臟污穢讓我感到非常悲哀。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. the dehumanizing effects of poverty and squalor
- 貧窮和骯臟的環(huán)境造成喪失人性的結(jié)果
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 3. the poverty and squalor of the slums
- 貧民窟的貧窮和骯臟
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 4. He was born in squalor next to London's docks.
- 他出生在倫敦碼頭附近骯臟的地區(qū).
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. It tells the story of an aspiring young man's attempt to rise above the squalor of the street.
- 它講述了一位有志青年試圖擺脫貧苦骯臟的街頭生活。
來自柯林斯例句