slum
- 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
slum
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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
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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
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- a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions
- Synonym: slum area
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- 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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The slum is to be dynamited .
贫民窟要被炸掉了。
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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。
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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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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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She was brought up in the slums of Leeds .
她是在利兹的贫民区长大的。
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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。
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Poverty is much in evidence in the city slums .
城市贫民窟的穷困是显而易见的。
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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。
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Many distinguished men have emerged from slums .
许多名人都出自贫民窟。
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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。
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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。
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Most urban Africans live in slums .
绝大多数的非洲市民居住在贫民窟。
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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。
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It was quiet . All the other inhabitants of the slums were slumbering .
贫民窟里的人已经睡眠静了。
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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。
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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
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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。
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So poor people do not have to live in slums .
穷人不应该住在贫民区。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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
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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。
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TYPICAL USE : He worked to improve the sanitary conditions of slums .
他谋求改进贫民区的卫生情形。
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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。
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It means going to look at the slums .
这意味着是要去看看贫民窟。
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He worked hard to improve the sanitary conditions of the slums .
他努力改进贫民窟的卫生条件。
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