"squalor" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 肮脏
• 悲惨

Definition

非常肮脏和令人不快的环境，通常由于贫困或忽视造成。用来形容人们生活在极度肮脏和痛苦中的情况。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

多用于正式或描述性语境，专指极其脏乱、贫困的环境。常用搭配如“生活在肮脏中”。不用来形容普通脏乱，而是严重的长期困境。

Examples

The children lived in squalor after the storm destroyed their home.

暴风雨毁坏家后，孩子们生活在**肮脏**中。

The report describes the squalor of the refugee camp.

报告描述了难民营的**肮脏**。

They were shocked by the squalor in the abandoned building.

他们对废弃建筑物的**肮脏**感到震惊。

Years of neglect turned the once-beautiful park into a picture of squalor.

多年的忽视让曾经美丽的公园变成了**肮脏**的景象。

She was determined to escape the cycle of poverty and squalor.

她决心摆脱贫困和**肮脏**的循环。

You can’t imagine the squalor some people have to endure in the city slums.

你无法想象一些人不得不忍受的城市贫民区的**肮脏**。