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sordid
[英] [ˈsɔ:dɪd] [美] [ˈsɔrdɪd] 生词本

adj.

  • 易混淆的单词：SORDID  

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1. ADJ-GRADED (行为)卑鄙的，可耻的 If you describe someone's behaviour as sordid, you mean that it is immoral or dishonest. 

  • He sat with his head buried in his hands as his sordid double life was revealed...

    自己卑鄙的双重生活被揭穿后，他双手抱头坐在那里。

  • I don't want to hear the sordid details of your relationship with Sandra...

    我不想听你和桑德拉之间的那些龌龊细节。

  • She listened to Kate's explanation of the sordid affair.

    她听凯特对这件丑事作何解释。

2. ADJ-GRADED (地方)肮脏的，令人不快的，令人沮丧的 If you describe a place as sordid, you mean that it is dirty, unpleasant, or depressing. 

  • ...the attic windows of their sordid little rooms.

    他们那些肮脏的小房间的阁楼窗户

Adjective

1. morally degraded;

  • "a seedy district"
  • "the seamy side of life"
  • "sleazy characters hanging around casinos"
  • "sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"- Seattle Weekly
  • "the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"- James Joyce
  • "the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal"

2. unethical or dishonest;

  • "dirty police officers"
  • "a sordid political campaign"

3. 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"

4. meanly avaricious and mercenary;

  • "sordid avarice"
  • "sordid material interests"
1. He depicts the sordid and vulgar sides of life exclusively.
他只描写人生肮脏和庸俗的一面。

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2. I want no part of this sordid business.
我不想卷入这一卑鄙勾当。

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. I've washed my hands of the whole sordid business.
我已经洗手不干那种肮脏的勾当了。

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. Journalists have exercised remarkable restraint in not reporting all the sordid details of the case.
记者对该案件的报道显示出异乎寻常的克制，没有报道所有肮脏的细节。

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. The huts they lived in were sordid and filthy beyond belief.
他们住的小房真是异乎寻常地脏。

来自《简明英汉词典》