1620s, "state or condition of being miserable and dirty," from Latin squalor "roughness, dirtiness, filthiness," from squalere "be filthy" (see squalid).
雙語例句
1. I find public squalor very saddening.
公共場所的骯臟污穢讓我感到非常悲哀。
來自柯林斯例句
2. the dehumanizing effects of poverty and squalor
貧窮和骯臟的環(huán)境造成喪失人性的結(jié)果
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
3. the poverty and squalor of the slums
貧民窟的貧窮和骯臟
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
4. He was born in squalor next to London's docks.
他出生在倫敦碼頭附近骯臟的地區(qū).
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. It tells the story of an aspiring young man's attempt to rise above the squalor of the street.