squalid
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈskwɒl.ɪd]
- 美式音标 [ˈskwɑː.lɪd]
- 国际音标 ['skwɔlid, 'skɔ:-]
- 英式发音
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基本解释
- adj.肮脏的;卑鄙的;悲惨的
词根记忆
- squ + alid(看作valid,正当的)→卑劣的小人不会干正当的事→卑劣的
英汉例句
- He followed her up a rickety staircase to a squalid bedsit.
他跟着她上了一段摇摇晃晃的楼梯,来到了一间邋遢的卧室起居室两用房间。 - squalid, overcrowded refugee camps
肮脏而拥挤的难民营 - They lived in a squalid hovel for the next five years.
接下来的5年中,他们住在一间肮脏不堪的小破屋里。 - squalid, overcrowded refugee camps
肮脏而拥挤的难民营 - The Tory Party called the bill "the most squalid measure ever put before the Commons".
保守党称该议案为“有史以来向下议院提出的最卑鄙的议案”。
词组短语
- squalid housing 肮脏的房屋
- squalid d 肮脏的;污秽的;卑鄙的;无人照顾的下流的
- squalid pristine 肮脏的
- dirty squalid 污秽的
- living in squalid conditions 住在污秽的环境中
短语
英英字典
- (DIRTY) (of places) extremely dirty and unpleasant, often because of lack of money
- (IMMORAL) (of situations and activities) not moral; involving sex and drugs, etc. in an unpleasant way
- A squalid place is dirty, untidy, and in bad condition.