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		Definition of squalid in English: squalidadjective ˈskwɒlɪdˈskwɑləd 1(of a place) extremely dirty and unpleasant, especially as a result of poverty or neglect. (尤指地方因贫穷或遭忽略而)肮脏的,令人讨厌的  the squalid, overcrowded prison 那个肮脏、拥挤的监狱。 Example sentencesExamples -  Many of these girls rent rooms in squalid slums around the city.
 -  This is the filthy, squalid bedroom where five children were left slowly starving to death by their parents, while they got drunk and watched television downstairs.
 -  The stereotype of students happy to share squalid, dingy flats is a thing of the past.
 -  People in the mountains remain vulnerable with the winter closing in and there are also fears of disease spreading in squalid tent settlements that have sprouted in the towns.
 -  His room was squalid and packed with dirty clothes.
 -  For much of the 1990s, these 10,000-odd refugees lived in squalid conditions in Kenyan camps.
 -  Some 1.2 million people have been displaced so far and are forced to live in squalid camps set up by the army to protect them from abductions.
 -  It was the abandoned children roaming the squalid streets that especially elicited her compassion.
 -  As a lowly GP working in the squalid inner city you might think I would support bleeding the middle class for few extra quid to take the pressure off local hospitals.
 -  He lives with five of his family in two tiny squalid rooms for which he pays 10,000 of the 15,000 dinars he earns a month.
 -  Many live in squalid camps and eke out a living as day labourers.
 -  They are quite often living in squalid and overcrowded accommodation.
 -  There are far fewer of the dismal and squalid student properties than there used to be.
 -  The pig farm is a squalid 10-acre patch of mud and dilapidated buildings in the town of Port Coquitlam, British Columbia.
 -  The focus must remain on supporting the needs of women and children and the planned repatriation of millions of refugees still languishing in squalid camps.
 -  Many of the city's residents who were able to leave the city are now concentrated in squalid refugee camps in surrounding regions.
 -  And the convention centre that became a squalid shelter in the chaotic days after the hurricane also reopened last week in an encouraging sign for the city's tourism industry.
 -  Our urban areas are squalid and tawdry; what remains of our countryside is blighted by wind farms, phone masts and aircraft noise.
 -  Of course, the poorest could not afford this new accommodation, and many urban authorities were sweeping away the squalid slums on grounds of public health and safety.
 -  Unemployment in the squalid neighbourhoods where they live is double the national rate of 10 percent.
 
 Synonyms dirty, filthy, grubby, grimy, mucky, slummy, slum-like, foul, vile, low, poor, sorry, wretched, dismal, dingy, miserable, mean, nasty, seedy, shabby, sordid, sleazy, insalubrious, slovenly, repulsive, disgusting neglected, uncared-for, unmaintained, broken-down, run down, down at heel, dilapidated, ramshackle, tumbledown, gone to rack and ruin, crumbling, decaying informal scruffy, scuzzy, crummy, shambly, grungy, ratty, tacky British informal grotty North American informal shacky - 1.1 Showing or involving a contemptible lack of moral standards.
卑鄙的,恶劣的,道德败坏的  a squalid attempt to save themselves from electoral embarrassment 一个想使他们摆脱选举困窘的卑劣企图。 Example sentencesExamples -  His kindness and moral generosity I found uplifting in today's squalid world of denigration, spin and hypocrisy.
 -  Furthermore, a series of strategic gaffs have further badly damaged the already squalid reputation which the industry has earned for itself.
 -  Nobody comes well out of this squalid affair, but he emerges in a worse light than most.
 -  The history of trade negotiations is littered with hypocritical rhetoric and squalid deals.
 
 Synonyms improper, sordid, unseemly, unsavoury, sleazy, seedy, seamy, shoddy, vile, foul, tawdry, louche, cheap, base, low, low-minded, nasty, debased, degenerate, depraved, corrupt, dishonest, dishonourable, disreputable, despicable, discreditable, disgraceful, contemptible, ignominious, ignoble, shameful, wretched, abhorrent, odious, abominable, disgusting informal sleazoid  
 
 Derivativesadverb  Just because no one perceived irregularities in his work before his conviction does not mean that the books are not squalidly consistent with his crimes. 
 noun -ˈlɪdɪti noun 
 OriginLate 16th century: from Latin squalidus, from squalere 'be rough or dirty'.    Definition of squalid in US English: squalidadjectiveˈskwälədˈskwɑləd 1(of a place) extremely dirty and unpleasant, especially as a result of poverty or neglect. (尤指地方因贫穷或遭忽略而)肮脏的,令人讨厌的  the squalid, overcrowded prison 那个肮脏、拥挤的监狱。 Example sentencesExamples -  His room was squalid and packed with dirty clothes.
 -  He lives with five of his family in two tiny squalid rooms for which he pays 10,000 of the 15,000 dinars he earns a month.
 -  They are quite often living in squalid and overcrowded accommodation.
 -  People in the mountains remain vulnerable with the winter closing in and there are also fears of disease spreading in squalid tent settlements that have sprouted in the towns.
 -  There are far fewer of the dismal and squalid student properties than there used to be.
 -  Many of the city's residents who were able to leave the city are now concentrated in squalid refugee camps in surrounding regions.
 -  For much of the 1990s, these 10,000-odd refugees lived in squalid conditions in Kenyan camps.
 -  It was the abandoned children roaming the squalid streets that especially elicited her compassion.
 -  The pig farm is a squalid 10-acre patch of mud and dilapidated buildings in the town of Port Coquitlam, British Columbia.
 -  Many of these girls rent rooms in squalid slums around the city.
 -  Unemployment in the squalid neighbourhoods where they live is double the national rate of 10 percent.
 -  Some 1.2 million people have been displaced so far and are forced to live in squalid camps set up by the army to protect them from abductions.
 -  Many live in squalid camps and eke out a living as day labourers.
 -  As a lowly GP working in the squalid inner city you might think I would support bleeding the middle class for few extra quid to take the pressure off local hospitals.
 -  The stereotype of students happy to share squalid, dingy flats is a thing of the past.
 -  The focus must remain on supporting the needs of women and children and the planned repatriation of millions of refugees still languishing in squalid camps.
 -  Our urban areas are squalid and tawdry; what remains of our countryside is blighted by wind farms, phone masts and aircraft noise.
 -  Of course, the poorest could not afford this new accommodation, and many urban authorities were sweeping away the squalid slums on grounds of public health and safety.
 -  This is the filthy, squalid bedroom where five children were left slowly starving to death by their parents, while they got drunk and watched television downstairs.
 -  And the convention centre that became a squalid shelter in the chaotic days after the hurricane also reopened last week in an encouraging sign for the city's tourism industry.
 
 Synonyms dirty, filthy, grubby, grimy, mucky, slummy, slum-like, foul, vile, low, poor, sorry, wretched, dismal, dingy, miserable, mean, nasty, seedy, shabby, sordid, sleazy, insalubrious, slovenly, repulsive, disgusting - 1.1 Showing or involving a contemptible lack of moral standards.
卑鄙的,恶劣的,道德败坏的  a squalid attempt to save themselves from electoral embarrassment 一个想使他们摆脱选举困窘的卑劣企图。 Example sentencesExamples -  The history of trade negotiations is littered with hypocritical rhetoric and squalid deals.
 -  Furthermore, a series of strategic gaffs have further badly damaged the already squalid reputation which the industry has earned for itself.
 -  Nobody comes well out of this squalid affair, but he emerges in a worse light than most.
 -  His kindness and moral generosity I found uplifting in today's squalid world of denigration, spin and hypocrisy.
 
 Synonyms improper, sordid, unseemly, unsavoury, sleazy, seedy, seamy, shoddy, vile, foul, tawdry, louche, cheap, base, low, low-minded, nasty, debased, degenerate, depraved, corrupt, dishonest, dishonourable, disreputable, despicable, discreditable, disgraceful, contemptible, ignominious, ignoble, shameful, wretched, abhorrent, odious, abominable, disgusting  
 
 OriginLate 16th century: from Latin squalidus, from squalere ‘be rough or dirty’.     |