1590s, from Middle French squalide and directly from Latin squalidus "rough, coated with dirt, filthy," related to squales "filth," squalus "filthy," squalare "be covered with a rough, stiff layer, be coated with dirt, be filthy," of uncertain origin. Related: Squalidly; squalidness; squalidity.
squalid 英文释义
1. morally degraded;
"a seedy district"
"the seamy side of life"
"sleazy characters hanging around casinos"
"sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"- Seattle Weekly
"the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"- James Joyce
"the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal"
2. foul and run-down and repulsive;
"a flyblown bar on the edge of town"
"a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town"
"squalid living conditions"
"sordid shantytowns"
squalid 双语例句
1. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
2. squalid, overcrowded refugee camps
肮脏而拥挤的难民营
来自《权威词典》
3. 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”。
来自柯林斯例句
4. They live in a squalid hut in the poorest part of the village.
他们居住在村里最贫困地带的污秽小屋中.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. The migrants have been living in squalid conditions.
移民们的生活条件一直非常差。
来自辞典例句
squalid 实用场景例句
squalid housing
肮脏的房屋
牛津词典
squalid, overcrowded refugee camps
肮脏而拥挤的难民营
牛津词典
It was a squalid affair involving prostitutes and drugs.
那是一桩涉及娼妓与毒品的丑事。
牛津词典
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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
The migrants have been living in squalid conditions.
移民们的生活条件一直非常差。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
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”。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
...the squalid pursuit of profit.
对利润不择手段的追求
柯林斯高阶英语词典
The majority of the population live in massive tower blocks, noisy, squalid and impersonal.
大多数人住在又闹又脏又没有人情味的高楼大厦里.
期刊摘选
In this squalid quarrel, what gives the heroes of the Iliad their grandeur?
在这场卑劣的争吵中, 是什么给了《伊利亚特》里英雄人物那种宏伟的气魄 呢 ?
辞典例句
Such moods, however naive, were certainly neither wicked nor squalid.
这种心情虽属天真, 但确实是既无恶意,又非卑鄙的.
辞典例句
The main room is filthy and squalid.
大屋子十分肮脏污秽.
期刊摘选
It is easy to see how crime can breed in such a squalid neighborhood.
显而易见,在这样的贫民区里怎能不孕育出犯罪的行为.
期刊摘选
Here were crumbling tenements, squalid courtyards and stinking alleys.
随处可见破烂的住房 、 肮脏的庭院和臭气熏天的小胡同.
辞典例句
They live in a squalid hut in the poorest part of the village.
他们居住在村里最贫困地带的污秽小屋中.
《简明英汉词典》
He toured India's engorged cities and squalid villages.
他周游印度各地拥挤的城市和贫穷污秽的乡村.
辞典例句
A squalid family lived there now.
现在那儿住着一个肮脏的人家.
辞典例句
How can they live in such squalid conditions?
他们怎麽能住在此污秽肮脏的环境中?
期刊摘选
He's living in one tiny room in the most squalid way.
他住的是一间极其寒酸的小房间.
辞典例句
They walked slowly down the avenues and out of the squalid bazaars, converging on Birla House.
他们沿着大街慢慢行进,穿过脏乱的集市, 会合到了比尔拉大厦.
期刊摘选
Leaving the slum behind her , she turned into a squalid alleyway.
她离开了那工人区域的草棚地带, 跑进了一个龌龊的里巷.
子夜部分
Seeping through the squalid air of the police station, the sour smell of dirt and disinfectant.
渗透警察所污浊的空气, 就是那种污垢和消毒水剂混合的酸味.
辞典例句
In these squalid surroundings she becomes slovenly herself.
在这肮脏的环境中,她本人也变得十分邋遢懒散了.
辞典例句
The migrants have been living in squalid conditions.
移民们的生活条件一直非常差。
辞典例句
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。
辞典例句
squalid, overcrowded refugee camps
肮脏而拥挤的难民营
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
The Tory Party called the bill "the most squalid measure ever put before the Commons".
