adj. 1.肮脏的,邋遢的,不清洁的;破烂不堪的。 2.心地不纯的,卑鄙的;贪鄙的,贪婪的,吝啬的。 3.可怜的,悲惨的。 4.【植、动】泥色的;色彩暗淡的。 短语和例子 sordid slum 污秽的贫民窟。 sordid motives 卑鄙的动机。 live in sordid poverty 生活在贫困中。 adv. -ly ,-ness n.
meanly avaricious and mercenary; "sordid avarice"; "sordid material interests"
foul and run-down and repulsive; "a flyblown bar on the edge of town"; "a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town"; "squalid living conditions"; "sordid shantytowns" 同义词:flyblown, squalid,
unethical or dishonest; "dirty police officers"; "a sordid political campaign" 同义词:dirty,
morally degraded; "a seedy district"; "the seamy side of life"; "sleazy characters hanging around casinos"; "sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"- Seattle Weekly; "the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"- James Joyce; "the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal" 同义词:seamy, seedy, sleazy, squalid,
例句与用法
1.
I want no part in this sordid business . 我不想和这一肮脏勾当有任何瓜葛。
2.
The whole atmosphere was sordid . 整个的空气是龌龊的。
3.
You think me a horribly sordid woman, don't you ? 你认为我是个利欲熏心的女人,对吧?
4.
It was a sordid scene . 这是一个追欢逐乐的场面。
5.
He depicts the sordid and vulgar sides of life exclusively . 他只描写人生肮脏和庸俗的一面。
6.
I have washed my hands of the whole sordid business . 我已经彻底洗手不干所有的肮脏的勾当了。
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I am here to protest an ill-conceived sordid scheme . 我来这就是要对一项考虑欠妥,卑鄙龌龊的计划表示抗议。
8.
When he repeated to me the sordid little scene i was outraged . 当他对我回述这幕令人作呕的丑戏时,我真是气坏了。
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A generous fellow plays for the play, a sordid one for the stake . 慷慨的人为玩牌而玩牌,而卑贱的人为赢钱而玩牌。
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It is sordid because the objective is to make profits for golden state & light . 它是卑鄙龌龊的,因为它完全是为金州电力公司赚取利润的。