sleaze

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sleaze /sliːz/ noun

1 [uncountableU]BAD BEHAVIOUR OR ACTIONS immoral behaviour, especially involving sex or lies 不道德行为；卑劣行为〔尤涉及性或欺诈〕

Many people are tired of all the sleaze on TV.

许多人都厌倦了电视上这些乌烟瘴气的东西。

sleaze and corruption in politics

政治上的肮脏和腐败

2. (also sleazebag, sleazebucket) [countableC] American EnglishAmE informal someone who behaves in an immoral or dishonest way 卑劣的人；奸诈的人

Examples from the Corpus

sleaze• Left and right have both been smeared by sleaze.• More importantly, Cohn is a New York romantic who really has a passion for sleaze.• All he was saying is give sleaze a chance.• The allegations of sleaze against the couple have serious implications for President Jacques Chirac's chances of being re-elected in 2002.• But in the category of sleaze, it was one of the biggest.• But his night of sleaze in Bangkok plunges him into a different league.• Basically, the public has grown weary of a party that has seen its share of political sleaze scandals.• Can you imagine taking a cab to that sleaze street?• Many citizens are tired of all the sleaze on TV.

From Longman Business Dictionary

sleazesleaze /sliːz/ noun [uncountableU]

immoral behaviour, especially involving money or sex

The government created a standing committee to investigate allegations of sleaze.

—sleazy adjectiveadj

sleazy dealings with cash payments in brown envelopes

Origin sleaze

(1900-2000) sleazy

sleaze noun

Chinese

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