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in squalor
squalor 为不可数名词，常与 in 连用，表示处于肮脏、贫穷的环境。
Millions of people live in squalor.
数百万人生活在肮脏污秽之中。
肮脏；污秽
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肮脏；污秽
sordid dirtiness
Millions of people live in squalor.
数百万人生活在肮脏污秽之中。
肮脏和堕落,如因忽视或贫困所致。
Filthiness and degradation, as from neglect or poverty
肮脏污秽
sordid dirtiness
The old building was in a state of squalor, with rubbish everywhere.
那座旧楼处于肮脏不堪的状态，到处是垃圾。
They were shocked by the squalor in which the family had been living.
他们对这家人一直生活在如此肮脏的环境中感到震惊。
Years of neglect had left the hotel in squalor.
多年的疏忽使这家旅馆变得肮脏不堪。
squalor 为不可数名词，常与 in 连用，表示处于肮脏、贫穷的环境。
Millions of people live in squalor.
数百万人生活在肮脏污秽之中。
用 the squalor of 引出具体地点或环境，强调其脏乱与贫困。
The novel describes the squalor of the slums.
这部小说描写了贫民窟的肮脏污秽。
a life of squalor 强调长期处于肮脏贫困的状态；squalor 多作不可数名词。
They hoped to escape a life of squalor.
他们希望摆脱肮脏贫困的生活。
Not this
They lived in squalor conditions.
Use this
They lived in squalid conditions.
squalor 是名词，意为“肮脏、污秽”，不能作定语修饰名词；修饰名词 conditions 应用形容词 squalid（肮脏的）。
Not this
The house was in a squalor.
Use this
The house was in squalor.
squalor 作“肮脏、污秽的状态”讲时是不可数名词，前面不加不定冠词 a；固定搭配 in squalor 表示“处于肮脏中”。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
在肮脏污秽中生活
After losing his job, he lived in squalor for years.
失业后，他在肮脏污秽中生活了多年。
极度肮脏污秽
The documentary showed refugees living in abject squalor.
这部纪录片展现了难民们生活在极度肮脏污秽中的景象。
肮脏与污秽
The novel describes the filth and squalor of Victorian London.
这部小说描写了维多利亚时代伦敦的肮脏与污秽。
城市环境的肮脏污秽
The photographer captured scenes of urban squalor in the 1980s.
这位摄影师拍摄了20世纪80年代城市环境肮脏污秽的场景。
贫穷与污秽
Many children grew up in poverty and squalor.
许多孩子在贫穷与污秽中长大。
Use squalor naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象“squalor”像“四块角落”，四个角落都堆着垃圾，又脏又穷，就是肮脏污秽。
语域：formal 常见场景：news reporting、literary description、formal writing squalor 通常用于正式或书面语境，多出现在新闻报道和文学描写中，指因贫困或缺乏照料而产生的肮脏、污秽状态；日常口语中较少使用。
发音相似：squad、squash、squat、squalid 都含 /skwɑ/，其中 squalid 还含 /skwɑl/。拼写注意：valor 的 -alor 与 squalor 相同但读 /ˈvælɚ/；quarrel 的 qua 与 squalor 的 qua 相同但读 /ˈkwɔrəl/，都不与 /ˈskwɑlɚ/ 押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.