| 词汇 | squalor |
| 释义 | squalor noun[ U ] uk /ˈskwɒl.ər/ us /ˈskwɑː.lɚ/ the condition of being extremely dirty and unpleasant, often because of lack of money: （通常因为缺钱而导致的）极度肮脏 These people are forced to live in squalor.这些人被迫生活在极度肮脏的环境里。 It was a dirty, damp, smelly flat - the usual student squalor.那是一间脏乱、潮湿、臭烘烘的公寓——常见于学生的那种肮脏。 See squalid Amid the filth and squalor, my parents taught me the values I live by. Overnight, he wrote, he moved from the "safety and cleanliness of rural poverty" to the "foulest kind of urban squalor." The medical team found 60,000 emaciated prisoners living in unimaginable squalor. How can you live in such squalor? Dirt & untidiness bloodstain clutter contaminant contamination crud fleck grime grunge gunge gunk muck pollutant polluter recontamination scrappiness scruff shambles slime slob smear Examples of squalorsqualor Nor is it more than a banality that a nation can enjoy huge private incomes but suffer from public squalor. This area is dominated by the most depressing squalor. Some of them view these changes with regret, despite being aware of the drawbacks, squalor or low wages of many earlier village lives. We were prepared for crime and squalor, but as soon as we got there this was not at all important. The conditions of dwellings then were grim, a lot to do with the lack of sanitation, poverty and squalor. They suffer from poverty, squalor, and ill-health. While some squatters bemoaned drunken shepherds on their sprees, others despaired of their inability to rise above the squalor of shepherding to become thrifty yeomen farmers, even squatters. Instead, a large number of them are passing their lives in a forlorn condition in camps, railway wagons, huts, in filth, squalor and dirt and in subhuman conditions. It is unacceptable that our children should continue to be placed in the squalor of our local prisons. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not just the squalor; it is the psychological effect that it has. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The political difficulties are considerable, and they are causing distress, squalor, ill-feeling and violence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Squatters cause major extra costs because of the vandalism that they do and the filth and squalor that so many of them leave behind them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The squalor is everywhere and it has a profound effect on people, their minds and attitudes, and how they look at life. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If one looks around, one has a picture of public squalor. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a scandal that, in 1985, families are condemned to living in the most appalling squalor. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of squalor 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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