squalor
noun /ˈskwɒlə(r)/
/ˈskwɑːlər/
[uncountable]- dirty and unpleasant conditions
肮脏；邋遢 - the poverty and squalor of the slums
贫民窟的贫穷和肮脏 - in squalor He had lost his job and was living in squalor.
他丢了工作，过得很糟糕。 - He was born in squalor next to the docks.
他出生在码头附近的骯脏之处。 - a beautiful garden amid the squalor of the slums
位于肮脏的贫民窟中的美丽花园
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- public
- urban
- live in
- amid the squalor of
- in the squalor of
- in squalor
- …
词源early 17th cent.: from Latin, from squalere ‘be dirty’. - the poverty and squalor of the slums