dirty and unpleasant conditions 肮脏;邋遢 the poverty and squalor of the slums 贫民窟的贫穷和肮脏 - in squalor
He had lost his job and was living in squalor. 他丢了工作,过得很糟糕。 He was born in squalor next to the docks. 他出生在码头附近的骯脏之处。 a beautiful garden amid the squalor of the slums 位于肮脏的贫民窟中的美丽花园
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- public
- urban
- live in
- amid the squalor of
- in the squalor of
- in squalor
- …
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin, from squalere ‘be dirty’.