squalid

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squal·id /ˈskwɒlɪd $ ˈskwɑː-/ adjectiveadj

1 DIRTYvery dirty and unpleasant because of a lack of care or money 〔因无人料理或缺钱而〕非常肮脏的 → squalor

How can anyone live in such squalid conditions?

一个人怎么能住在这样肮脏的环境中？

a tiny squalid apartment

一套又小又脏的公寓

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2 BAD BEHAVIOUR OR ACTIONS especially British EnglishBrE immoral or dishonest 道德败坏的；卑鄙的；不诚实的

squalid behaviour

卑鄙的行为

a squalid affair

肮脏的勾当

Examples from the Corpus

squalid• He had explored areas which ranged from the untidy and uncared for to the downright squalid.• a squalid and corrupt political system• And the way of life this film holds up to be squalid and ruinous is the way of Woodstock.• The living conditions these immigrants endure are squalid, at best.• She particularly noted the squalid condition of many schools.• After the squalid conditions of the refugee camps even this place seems preferable.• He left and found a squalid flat in Brentford, which they shared with another couple and their children.• He nodded Chant on, and together they headed over the ill-lit and squalid ground.• Dalmer lived in a squalid little room above a shop.• In 1597 this priest with degrees in both divinity and law opened a school in the squalid part of Tiber.• More children still swarm in the slums and the squalid quaysides of nearby Talcahuano..• Her childhood was spent in the squalid slums east of the city.• squalid slums• That raffle was no more squalid than the raffle we all play every day.

Origin squalid

(1500-1600) Latin squalidus, from squalere “to be dirty”, from squalus “dirty”

squal·id adjectiveadj

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