"dreg" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 沉渣
• 渣滓
• 糟粕

Definition

“Dreg” 指的是液体底部残留的少量固体杂质，也可以表示某事物中最无价值或最差的部分，有时指代人。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

比较正式和稍显过时，经常用于 'the dregs of society'（极为贬义，形容被认为毫无价值的人）。形容食物或饮料时，'the dregs' 指杯底、瓶底的残渣。此时常用复数形式：'the dregs'。

Examples

There are dregs left at the bottom of my coffee cup.

我的咖啡杯底还有一些**沉渣**。

Please don't drink the dregs of the tea.

请不要喝茶底的**渣滓**。

We threw away the dregs after finishing the juice.

喝完果汁后我们把剩下的**渣滓**扔掉了。

He felt like he was living among the dregs of society.

他觉得自己生活在社会的**糟粕**之中。

At the end of the wine bottle, only the dregs remained.

葡萄酒瓶喝完后只剩下**沉渣**了。

Sometimes you have to taste the dregs to appreciate the good things in life.

有时你得尝尝生活的**糟粕**，才能体会美好的一面。