| 词汇 | sordid |
| 释义 | sordid adjective uk /ˈsɔː.dɪd/ us /ˈsɔːr.dɪd/ sordidadjective (DIRTY)dirty and unpleasant: 肮脏的，邋遢的 There are lots of really sordid apartments in the city's poorer areas.该市较贫困的地区有很多极其肮脏的公寓。 Dirty & untidy all over the placeidiom Augean besmeared bespattered bloodied look like something the cat brought/dragged inidiom look like/as if you've been dragged through a hedge backwardsidiom manky messily messy slovenly sluttish sluttishly soiled sordidly unsterilized untidily untidy untrimmed unwashed sordidadjective (IMMORAL)morally wrong and shocking: 不道德的，不诚实的，卑鄙的 He told me he'd had an affair but he spared me the sordid details.他告诉我他有了婚外恋，但没有告诉我其中龌龊的细节。 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 wordssordidly sordidness sordid | American Dictionarysordid adjective us/ˈsɔrd·əd/ sordidadjective (MORALLY BAD)morally ugly, so that being involved makes you feel dirty: a sordid story sordid details sordidadjective (DIRTY)dirty and in bad condition: The sordid condition of many of the city school buildings was shocking. Examples of sordidsordid The pernicious transformation of sordid stories into epics for profit cannot really be restrained in any other way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are sordid, and their managements tend to be feudal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have had a lot of words, "sordid", "cheat", "fraudulent", "chicanery", "gerrymander", "sham", "tricksters", and "nincompoop". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The sordid saga of this wrangle with the parents, the company's devious efforts to discharge its moral responsibilities on the cheap, continues. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not intend to go fully into the many sordid incidents about which we read almost daily in the newspapers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There could rarely have been a more classic example of sordid party political manoeuvre without the slightest regard for the national interest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A sordid matter has been much talked about in the past three or four years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The sad, sordid history of their export shows that they cannot be transported safely but only at great risk of damage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We shall regard it with no more surprise and no greater edification than we regard the ordinary and more sordid incidents of everyday life. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am far more prone to turn my mind to the brighter future than to the sordid past. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In talking about an artistic subject it is rather sordid to have to keep harping on finance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have not touched the issue at any angle except having seen the rather sordid side of it during my period of office. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our racing will become a very small, sordid and rather unworkable thing unless something is done to help the racecourses. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When we look at the process by which this constitution was made, we see that many of the dealings were sordid. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I saw the most horrendous and sordid injuries that had been inflicted on people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. 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