seamy

美 [ˈsiːmi]英 [ˈsiːmi]
  • adj.污秽的;肮脏丑恶的

最高级: seamiest 比较级: seamier

seamyseamy

adj.

【不规则形式】seamier seamiest

污秽的;肮脏丑恶的
unpleasant and immoral

a seamy sex scandal

龌龊的性丑闻

the seamier side of life

生活的阴暗面

sordid

seamy

频次

  • 1
    ADJ-GRADED 丑恶的;污秽的;卑鄙的;暴力的
    If you describe something as seamy, you mean that it involves unpleasant aspects of life such as crime, sex, or violence.

    ...Hamburg's seamy St Pauli's district.

    汉堡肮脏污秽的圣保利街区

adj

1
morally degraded
a seedy district
the seamy side of life
sleazy characters hanging around casinos
sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"- Seattle Weekl
the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"- James Joyc
the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal
Synonym: seedy sleazy sordid squalid
2
showing a seam

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  1. Gambling is one of seamy social phenomenon left from old times .

    赌博是旧社会遗留下来的一种社会丑恶现象。

  2. The novel gives a vivid description of the seamy side of city life .

    这本小说生动地描绘了城市生活的背后面。

  3. You 're not aware of the seamy side of life .

    你还没有见到社会的阴暗面。

  4. He was involved in a particularly seamy divorce case .

    他卷入一宗特别不光彩的离婚案。

  5. Revealing the seamy side of society , they were literature of realism .

    它反映社会丑陋的一面,是文学中的现实主义。

  6. Annie grew up in comfort knowing little of the seamy side of life .

    安妮在富裕安逸的环境中长大,不大知道生活的阴暗面。

  7. She travels in China frequently , and seamy sides are everywhere but the nation is getting ever stronger .

    她经常到中国旅行,目睹了社会的肮脏面无所不在,但民族确实是变得前所未有的强大起来。

  8. The place was loud , fast , and throbbing with life , some of it on the seamy side .

    这儿喧闹、快节奏,充满了生命的悸动,但也有一些阴暗面。

  9. Results ① GSPN sends out from the knee form nerve stanza seamy side , the length is ( 6.56 ± 0.18 ) mm ;

    结果①岩浅大神经(GSPN)从膝状神经节内侧发出,长度为(6.56±0.18)mm;

  10. Among their worries is whether to be up front about humanity 's seamy side : Should we tell the extraterrestrials about war and injustice ?

    诸多担忧中有一条,是否要诚实展现人类丑陋的一面。我们需要告诉地外文明我们有战争和不公正现象吗?

  11. Fang Xuanchang is not related to Fang Zhouzi , but the two are friends and renowned for muckraking the seamy underside of Chinese science .

    方玄昌和方舟子并非亲属关系,但他们是朋友并以揭露中国科学界丑陋的阴暗面著称。

  12. Kazuo Inamori , the world-famous Japanese entrepreneur , proposes a theory of ethical and moral neo-capitalism , so as to save the seamy side of the old capitalism .

    日本著名大企业家稻盛和夫主张建立伦理的、道德的新资本主义。

  13. His work shows a Chinese society and the writer occlusion , behind the eyes to look at by modernity with the urban social local-color society the seamy side of Chinese culture and extended to the reflection and national quality criticism .

    他的作品表现了中国社会的闭塞、落后以及作者通过现代性的眼光来审视乡土社会与都市社会中的阴暗面进而延伸到对中国文化的反思和民族劣根性的批判。

  14. The value of the novel in the modern literary history lies in its bold exposure of various seamy consciousness of females in the traditional society and in its demonstration of their intricate cultural and mental awareness , thus having stuck to the standpoint of an authoress .

    小说在现代文学史中的价值,是敢于面对传统社会中女性的种种阴暗意识,揭示其复杂的文化与心理上的深层意识,从而坚持了作者女性性别书写的立场。