"a seedy district"
"the seamy side of life"
"sleazy characters hanging around casinos"
"sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"
"the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"
"the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal"
foul and run-down and repulsive;
"a flyblown bar on the edge of town"
"a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town"
"squalid living conditions"
"sordid shantytowns"
squalid的用法和樣例:
例句
用作形容詞 (adj.)
In these squalid surroundings she becomes slovenly herself. 在這骯髒的環境中,她本人也變得十分邋遢懶散了。
The downtown streets looked ugly, squalid, and hostile. 市中心的街道看上去醜陋、骯髒、充滿敵意。
Such moods, however naive, were certainly neither wicked nor squalid. 這種心情雖屬天真,但確實是既無惡意,又非卑鄙的。