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slum

美 [slʌm]英 [slʌm]
  • n.贫民窟;棚屋区
  • vi.(短期)去贫穷地方,过简朴生活

复数: slums 过去式: slummed 现在分词: slumming 过去分词: slummed 第三人称单数: slums

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noun

贫民窟;棚屋区
an area of a city that is very poor and where the houses are dirty and in bad condition

a slum area

贫民区

city/urban slums

城市贫民窟

She was brought up in the slums of Leeds.

她是在利兹的贫民区长大的。

verb

informal(短期)去贫穷地方,过简朴生活
to spend time in places or conditions that are much worse than those you are used to

There are plenty of ways you can cut costs on your trip without slumming.

在旅行中,有许多办法既可以减少开销又不至于显得寒酸。

习语

slum

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  • 1
    N-COUNT 贫民区;贫民窟
    A slum is an area of a city where living conditions are very bad and where the houses are in bad condition.

    ...a slum area of St Louis.

    圣路易斯的贫民区

  • 2
    VERB 逛贫民窟;体验下层社会的生活
    If someone is slumming it or is slumming, they are spending time in a place or in conditions that are at a much lower social level than they are used to.

    ...rich kids slumming it.

    体验下层社会生活的有钱人的孩子

noun

1
a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions
Synonym: slum area

verb

1
spend time at a lower socio-economic level than one's own, motivated by curiosity or desire for adventure;usage considered condescending and insensitive
attending a motion picture show by the upper class was considered sluming in the early 20th century

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  1. The slum is to be dynamited .

    贫民窟要被炸掉了。

  2. Then the depression had thrown almost everybody out of work and the jerry-built houses had been neglected , and as rudolph 's mother complained , the entire town had become a single slum .

    接着,经济萧条差不多使所有的人都失了业,那些偷工减料盖成的房子也都无人照料;正如鲁道的母亲所抱怨的那样,整个市镇简直成了一个贫民窟。

  3. Several businessmen had to slum it in economy class .

    几个商人只好将就着坐在经济舱里。

  4. Visitors to the slums were clearly shocked to see so many families living in want .

    到过贫民窟的人看到有这么多的家庭生活在贫苦之中显然震惊不已。

  5. Working in the slums brought her up against the realities of poverty .

    在贫民窟工作使她直面了解贫困的现实。

  6. There are plenty of ways you can cut costs on your trip without slumming .

    在旅行中,有许多办法既可以减少开销又不至于显得寒酸。

  7. These slums are an epitaph to the housing policy of the 1960s .

    这些贫民窟是20世纪60年代住房政策的遗迹。

  8. She was brought up in the slums of Leeds .

    她是在利兹的贫民区长大的。

  9. Poverty leads to slums , which are an eyesore and a health hazard .

    贫困产生了贫民窟,那里不仅有碍观瞻,而且卫生隐患严重。

  10. Poverty is much in evidence in the city slums .

    城市贫民窟的穷困是显而易见的。

  11. Poverty , disease and crime are common in the slums .

    贫穷、疾病与罪恶在贫民区里到处可见。

  12. Many distinguished men have emerged from slums .

    许多名人都出自贫民窟。

  13. A program of slum clearance has been approved but God knows when it will come to pass .

    拆除旧房屋的计划得到了批准,但天晓得什么时候能实现。

  14. Then the article goes on to speak of the truly indescribable and bestial conditions of life in the swollen London slums .

    文章接着谈到不断膨胀中的伦敦贫民窟无限悲惨的非人生活情况。

  15. Most urban Africans live in slums .

    绝大多数的非洲市民居住在贫民窟。

  16. Children of slum dwellers play under a pushcart in New Delhi , India .

    印度新德里,贫民窟的孩子们在一辆手推车下玩耍。

  17. It was quiet . All the other inhabitants of the slums were slumbering .

    贫民窟里的人已经睡眠静了。

  18. It is our dream that by the time we celebrate the 75th year of independent India , all the slums are replaced by cemented houses .

    ——在德里公众集会上的讲话我们都有一个梦想,那就是在庆祝印度独立75周年的时候,所有的贫民窟都将被牢固的房屋所取代。

  19. all developing country cities have a large problem of slums .

    所有发展中国家的城市,都有贫民窟这个难题

  20. Those college girls go slum and come home with sex disease .

    那些大学女生跟下流的人胡混,带回了性病。

  21. So poor people do not have to live in slums .

    穷人不应该住在贫民区。

  22. People living in the slum have their own gross language .

    住在贫民区的人有他们自己人的粗俗的语言。

  23. City slums without light , roads or water .

    没有照明、道路或供水等设施的城市贫民区。

  24. This compound is starting to feel and look like a slum .

    这幢公寓已经看起来并给人感觉象一个贫民窟了。

  25. Recognition of City Living Space & Experiencing City Slums in Venezuela

    城市居住空间再认识&感想委内瑞拉的贫民窟

  26. Another consideration is that slums are often also vibrant economic centres .

    另一个考虑因素是,贫民区通常也是充满活力的经济中心。

  27. TYPICAL USE : He worked to improve the sanitary conditions of slums .

    他谋求改进贫民区的卫生情形。

  28. He says he will come to our country and help the people living in slums .

    他说要到我们的国家来,帮助那些住在贫民窟里的人。

  29. It means going to look at the slums .

    这意味着是要去看看贫民窟。

  30. He worked hard to improve the sanitary conditions of the slums .

    他努力改进贫民窟的卫生条件。

  • 习语

v.

slum it

将就着过简朴生活;过穷日子
to accept conditions that are worse than those you are used to

Several businessmen had to slum it in economy class.

几个商人只好将就着坐在经济舱里。

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