1. (also cesspool /ˈsesˌpuːl/)DCLEAN a large hole or container under the ground in which waste from a building, especially from the toilets, is collected 污水坑;化粪池
2SERIOUS SITUATIONa place or situation in which people behave in a bad or immoral way 罪恶的渊薮,藏污纳垢之地
For weeks the affair threatened to be a cesspit of scandal.