- Something that is sleazy is low and nasty. It’s a perfect word to describe characters like the sleazy door-to-door con men who cheat old ladies into selling them their jewelry at a deep discount.
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- adj. 质地薄的;肮脏的;低级庸俗的;破烂的
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1. This original design for the Cheshire Cat makes that big grin look like a sleazy car salesman smile.
最初设计的咧嘴猫嗤笑的形象,让人觉得仿佛肮脏的猫贩子的嘴脸。
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2. Most evidence indicates that the LRA is a sleazy faction that has sown terror and bloodshed throughout several portions of Central Africa.
大多数证据显示圣灵抵抗军是一个在中非一些地区制造恐怖流血事件的肮脏派别。
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3. Warren was teaching law at the time in Houston and decided to investigate, initially expecting to find that the system was filled with sleazy debtors.
此时沃伦正在休斯敦讲授法律,同时决定进行调查,首先期望能找到充斥在系统内部的肮脏债务人。
- sleazy (adj.) 1640s, "downy, fuzzy," later "flimsy, unsubstantial" (1660s), of unknown origin; one theory is that it is a corruption of Silesia, the German region, where thin linen or cotton fabric was made for export. Silesia in reference to cloth is attested in English from 1670s; and sleazy as an abbreviated form is attested from 1670), but OED is against this. Sense of "sordid" is from 1941. Related: Sleazily; sleaziness.
sleazy / ˈsliːzi ; NAmE ˈsliːzi / adjective ( sleaz·ier , sleazi·est ) ( informal) 1 (of a place 地方 ) dirty, unpleasant and not socially acceptable, especially because sex is involved (尤指涉及性行为的)肮脏的,污秽的,乌烟瘴气的,藏污纳垢的 SYN disreputable ◆ a sleazy bar 乌烟瘴气的酒吧 2 (of people 人 ) immoral and unpleasant 不正派的;道德败坏的;堕落的;卑鄙的 ◆ a sleazy reporter 不正派的记者 ▶ sleazi·ness / ˈsliːzinəs ; NAmE ˈsliːzinəs / noun [uncountable ] sleazy sleazier sleaziest sleazy / ˈsliːzi ; NAmE ˈsliːzi / sleazi·ness / ˈsliːzinəs ; NAmE ˈsliːzinəs /
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