squalor
squalor 英 [ˈskwɒlə(r)] 美 [ˈskwɑlə(r)]
n. 肮脏；悲惨；卑劣；道德败坏
名词复数:squalors
- If something is extremely dirty, filthy or just plain disgusting, it falls into the territory of the noun squalor. We’re not just talking about a messy room. We’re talking about a dungeon riddled with rats and roaches.
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- n. 肮脏；悲惨；卑劣；道德败坏
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1. Like the squalor he lived in, they were protests against a former life.
像他居住的肮脏环境一样，它们与他从前的生活形成鲜明对比。
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2. The big prestige projects that impress Tom Friedman are real, but so equally are the squalor of the conditions in which most ordinary Chinese still live.
那些给汤姆·弗里德曼留下深刻印象的宏大工程不假，同样真实的情况是，很多中国人依然生活在肮脏的条件里。
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3. And he says most of the conflict in Afghanistan results from the "everyday squalor of war".
他说大多数阿富汗的冲突源自“每日进行的肮脏的战争”。
- squalor (n.) 1620s, "state or condition of being miserable and dirty," from Latin squalor "roughness, dirtiness, filthiness," from squalere "be filthy" (see squalid).
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