• n. 骯臟；悲慘；卑劣；道德敗壞

來自拉丁語 squalor,污穢，骯臟，來自 squalere,使污穢，使骯臟。

squalor (n.)

1620s, "state or condition of being miserable and dirty," from Latin squalor "roughness, dirtiness, filthiness," from squalere "be filthy" (see squalid).

1. I find public squalor very saddening.

公共場所的骯臟污穢讓我感到非常悲哀。

來自柯林斯例句

2. the dehumanizing effects of poverty and squalor

貧窮和骯臟的環境造成喪失人性的結果

來自《權威詞典》

3. the poverty and squalor of the slums

貧民窟的貧窮和骯臟

來自《權威詞典》

4. He was born in squalor next to London's docks.

他出生在倫敦碼頭附近骯臟的地區.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. It tells the story of an aspiring young man's attempt to rise above the squalor of the street.

它講述了一位有志青年試圖擺脫貧苦骯臟的街頭生活。

來自柯林斯例句