not moral or honest 卑鄙的；丑恶的；无耻的 It was a shock to discover the truth about his sordid past. 他以往的丑行被发现时，人们感到震惊。 I didn't want to hear the sordid details of their relationship. 我不想听他们之间的那些龌龊细节。 I don’t care about you and your sordid little affairs! 我不关心你和你肮脏的小事情！
very dirty and unpleasant 肮脏的；污秽的 people living in sordid conditions 生活环境肮脏不堪的人 These were the urban poor, living in the sordid back streets and alleys of prosperous Victorian cities. 这是些城市贫民，生活在维多利亚时代繁荣的城市中肮脏的后街和小巷里。
Word Originlate Middle English (as a medical term in the sense ‘producing pus’): from French sordide or Latin sordidus, from sordere ‘be dirty’. The current senses date from the early 17th cent.