查询词典 squalid

His age and a veneer of dignity made of this too recent incidents a pretty squalid minor mistake.

那么以他的年纪和风度而言，他足可以使眼前的小事化为微不足道的细枝末节。

I, he said, was this man's intimate friend and associate; in fact, the whole background of the crime was of the most squalid description.

我是他的同谋和朋友。

It says contagious diseases such as measles can spread like wildfire in the overcrowded, squalid resettlement camps.

报告说，传染性疾病，如麻疹的传播可以像在拥挤，肮脏的难民营收容野火。

In a sordid or squalid way.

以肮脏或者污秽的方式。

The majority of the population live in massive tower blocks, noisy, squalid and impersonal.

大多数人住在又闹又脏又没有人情味的高楼大厦里。

Here the squalid tragedy was played out .

这出拙劣的悲剧在这里一直演到终场。

I took on a new name and holed up in a squalid neighborhood. A local tough guy befriended me. He and his partners liked to waylay travelers at night.

他始终让我远离他们的抢劫，但是他总是在我没有食物的时候给我吃的东西。

A million-plus people, most of them resentful Acholis, still live in squalid camps in the north.

几百万人民，多数为愤怒的Acholis，依然住在北部地区脏兮兮的帐篷里，那些把他们从自己的村子里赶出来的可恶的民兵们依然没有受到处罚。

The deeply alarming report was compiled after months of secret, insider leaks - with the help of a couple of the Chinese factory workers and reveals a prison-like regime of misery, faint intimidation, squalid conditions, strict fines for the tiniest mistakes, dreadful food, illegal lack of insurance, 80-hour work weeks, 'Big Brother'-esque monitoring, hard wooden stools without backrests for the duration of their 12-hour day, and frequently stolen/unpaid wages which sometimes amount to as much as 20% knocked-off their already inadequate wages.

这个令人深深为之震惊的报道是在一对中国工人夫妇的帮助下，经过数月秘密内幕的整理完成的。该报道揭示了工厂里像牢狱般严苛的工作制度，工人们受到的威逼胁迫，肮脏的住宿环境，因为细微错误的严格罚款，可怕的食物，没有合法的保险，每周工作80小时，专治的监控。工人们要坐在没有靠背的硬板凳上工作12个小时，经常被偷和被拖欠的工资有时候占到他们已经微薄收入的20%。

All this suggests that the filthy cities of the urbanising world can, and will, clean themselves up, just as the squalid cities of the rich world have done.

所有的这一切都表明，处于世界性城市化进程中的肮脏城市能够干净起来。他们也都会让自己干净起来，就像富裕国家的肮脏城市做过的那样。

She gently rebuff ed him, but agreed that they could be friends

她婉言拒绝了，但同意作为朋友相处。

If in the penal farm, you were sure to be criticized.

要是在劳改农场，你等着挨绳子吧！