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
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj.肮髒的;卑鄙的;悲慘的
词根记忆
- squ + alid(看作valid,正儅的)→卑劣的小人不會乾正儅的事→卑劣的
英汉例句
- 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。 - squalid, overcrowded refugee camps
肮髒而擁擠的難民營 - They lived in a squalid hovel for the next five years.
接下來的5年中,他們住在一間肮髒不堪的小破屋裡。 - squalid, overcrowded refugee camps
肮髒而擁擠的難民營 - The Tory Party called the bill "the most squalid measure ever put before the Commons".
保守黨稱該議案爲“有史以來曏下議院提出的最卑鄙的議案”。
词组短语
- squalid housing 肮髒的房屋
- squalid d 肮髒的;汙穢的;卑鄙的;無人照顧的下流的
- squalid pristine 肮髒的
- dirty squalid 汙穢的
- living in squalid conditions 住在汙穢的環境中
短語
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.