柯林斯詞典squalid /?skw?l?d/ 1. ADJ A squalid place is dirty, untidy, and in bad condition. 臟亂的 The early industrial cities were squalid and unhealthy places. 早期的工業(yè)城市曾是些又臟又亂、不利健康的地方。 返回 squalid劍橋詞典 squalid adjective (DIRTY) disapproving (of places ) extremely dirty and unpleasant , often because of lack of money (地方常因缺錢)極其骯臟的,污穢的 Many prisons , even today, are overcrowded and squalid places . 時(shí)至今日,許多監(jiān)獄仍舊擁擠不堪,骯臟至極。 squalid adjective (IMMORAL) (of situations and activities ) not moral ; involving sex and drugs , etc. in an unpleasant way (情形、活動(dòng))道德敗壞的,墮落的,丑惡的,淫穢的 It's the usual squalid rock star tale of drugs , sex , and overdoses . 那是常見的搖滾歌星墮落的故事——吸毒、縱欲、過量服用麻醉品。 返回 squalid