英汉词典

sordid 基本解释

• adj. 肮脏的；卑鄙的；利欲熏心的；色彩暗淡的

sordid 中文词源

来自拉丁语 sordere,变得肮脏，来自 sordes,肮脏，污秽，来自 PIE*swordo,黑的，脏的，词源 同 swarthy,黝黑的。

sordid 英文词源

sordid (adj.)

early 15c., "festering," from Latin sordidus "dirty, filthy, foul, vile, mean, base," from sordere "be dirty, be shabby," related to sordes "dirt, filth," from PIE *swrd-e-, from root *swordo- "black, dirty" (cognates: Old English sweart "black"). Sense of "foul, low, mean" first recorded 1610s. Related: Sordidly; sordidness.

sordid 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. unethical or dishonest;

"dirty police officers"

"a sordid political campaign"

3. 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"

4. meanly avaricious and mercenary;

"sordid avarice"

"sordid material interests"

sordid 双语例句

1. She listened to Kate'sexplanation of the sordid affair.

她听凯特对这件丑事作何解释。

来自柯林斯例句

2. It was a shock to discover the truth about his sordid past.

他以往的丑行被发现时，人们感到震惊。

来自《权威词典》

3. The huts they lived in were sordid and filthy beyond belief.

他们住的小房真是异乎寻常地脏.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. I've washed my hands of the whole sordid business.

我已经洗手不干那种肮脏的勾当了.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. He depicts the sordid and vulgar sides of life exclusively.

他只描写人生肮脏和庸俗的一面.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

sordid 实用场景例句

It was a shock to discover the truth about his sordid past.

他以往的丑行被发现时，人们感到震惊。

牛津词典

I didn't want to hear the sordid details of their relationship.

我不想听他们之间的那些龌龊细节。

牛津词典

people living in sordid conditions

生活环境肮脏不堪的人

牛津词典

He sat with his head buried in his hands as his sordid double life was revealed...

自己卑鄙的双重生活被揭穿后，他双手抱头坐在那里。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

I don't want to hear the sordid details of your relationship with Sandra...

我不想听你和桑德拉之间的那些龌龊细节。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...the attic windows of their sordid little rooms.

他们那些肮脏的小房间的阁楼窗户

柯林斯高阶英语词典

They lived in a sordid apartment.

他们住在肮脏的公寓房子里.

辞典例句

It was a sordid war.

那是一场龌龊的战争.

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Friendship! No, that is an affection of earth , of vulgar habits and sordid sympathies.

友谊, 不, 那不过是凡人的感情, 不过反映了庸俗的习性和下贱的共鸣.

辞典例句

The whole atmosphere was sordid.

整个的空气是龌龊的.

辞典例句

He lived in a sordid slum.

他生活在一个污秽的贫民窟.

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Such sordid things as stabbing affrays were evidently not fIt'subjects for conversation with a lady.

象持刀格斗这一类下流事,显然不是跟小姐谈话的适当话题.

辞典例句

Sophie Neveu seemed far too solid of be mixed up in something that sordid.

索菲看上去很纯洁,应该不会参与这样的肮脏交易.

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Journalists have exercised remarkable restraint in not reporting all the sordid details of the case.

记者对该案件的报道显示出异乎寻常的克制,没有报道所有肮脏的细节.

《简明英汉词典》

I'm thinking about describing the nastiness of human beings, the sordid part of relationships.

我正在考虑描述人类的不洁, 人与人关系中利欲熏心的方面.

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This sordid, vultrous, diabolical old man reminded Nately of his father.

这个卑鄙 、 贪婪 、 恶魔似的老头儿使纳特雷想起了他的父亲.

辞典例句

The huts they lived in were sordid and filthy beyond belief.

他们住的小房真是异乎寻常地脏.

《简明英汉词典》

A generous fellow plays for the play, a sordid one for the stake.

慷慨的人为玩牌而玩牌, 而卑贱的人为赢钱而玩牌.

辞典例句

It's a sordid, selfish world, and I wish I was out of it.

这 真 是个卑鄙龌龊 、 自私自利的世界, 我真想脱离它才好.

辞典例句

Who knows what kind of sordid life this guy has?

谁会知道这个人过着多么肮脏的生活?

电影对白

We're doing a series on the ten most sordid social welfare cases.

我们正在做一系列关于十大最肮脏的社会福利案件.

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I want no part of this sordid business.

我不想卷入这一卑鄙勾当.

《简明英汉词典》

She complained of the room being sordid.

她抱怨那房间肮脏.

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I've washed my hands of the whole sordid business.

我已经洗手不干那种肮脏的勾当了.

《简明英汉词典》

TYPICAL USE : The poor family lived sordid log cabin in the valley.

这个穷人家住在山谷中一污秽的小木屋内.

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Gradually the whole sordid story of how he had cheated us came out.

有关他如何欺骗我门的肮脏故事已经传开来了.

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After thirty, even the sight of a shabby and sordid taxis my sicken me.

三十岁之后, 看见破旧肮脏的士都心烦,拜托!

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He depicts the sordid and vulgar sides of life exclusively.

他只描写人生肮脏和庸俗的一面.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

Do not eat sordid food.

不吃不干净的食物.

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