| 词汇 | seedy |
| 释义 | seedy adjective uk /ˈsiː.di/ us /ˈsiː.di/ looking dirty or in bad condition and likely to be involved in dishonest or illegal activities: 破旧的，褴褛的;肮脏的;下流的 a seedy hotel污七八糟的宾馆 He didn't like the look of the seedy characters who were hanging around outside the bar.他不喜欢那些龌龊家伙的样子，他们总是在酒吧外面游荡。 Synonyms scruffy sleazy squalid(DIRTY)disapproving Morally wrong and evil abhorrent abhorrently amoral amorality anomie dissipated dissolute dissolutely dissoluteness enormity nefariously nefariousness no goodidiom no more Mr Nice Guyidiom non-ethical trespass turpitude unconscionable unconscionably unethical Related wordseediness seedy | American Dictionaryseedy adjective[ -er/-est only ] us/ˈsi·di/ in bad condition, esp. because not cared for and therefore unattractive: We had quarters in a rather seedy hotel near the railroad tracks. Examples of seedyseedy The matchbox carried the logo of what appeared to be a seedy nightclub. The area where fertile fields produced raspberries is now a mixture of abandoned factories, toxic waste, rubbish, roads, signs, faceless 1950s housing blocks and a seedy strip joint. Young men and daring young women could see it in recent years in seedy theaters in "popular" districts. Both of them were seedy and rundown, built for a bygone age and entirely unsuited to modern medical care. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When an area is blighted, it begins to look seedy and goes downhill very fast. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a seedy rip-off of the taxpayers by a clique of civil servants operating from the inside. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I need only mention the diesel units which have now been running for 15 years and are in a seedy condition. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One heavily pregnant woman was forced to pay £50 late at night, and another was forced to seek a bank till in that self-same seedy area. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is that of a man earning £25 a week and living with his wife and child in two poor, seedy furnished rooms. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Was the acquisition and demolition of all the seedy tenements round about included? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I had not thought of it as hole-in-the-corner or seedy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At this point we enter the seedy world of accountancy massage parlours, where figures are pummelled and distorted into unrealistic shapes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He was in his garage when a seedy-looking individual drove up and said he was a commercial traveller. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I would not care to think how much it has cost me in telephone calls to funny and seedy chatlines in recent years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we calculate the duty by reference to the rating value, it is a direct incentive to the creation of small, seedy clubs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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