Word · Frequency #14365
squalors
肮脏；污秽
squalors is the plural of squalor.
sordid dirtiness
- 1.
Filthiness and degradation, as from neglect or poverty
肮脏和堕落,如因忽视或贫困所致。
- 2.
sordid dirtiness
肮脏污秽
肮脏和堕落,如因忽视或贫困所致。；肮脏污秽；肮脏；贫穷；不干净
In use
The old building was in a state of squalor, with rubbish everywhere.
They were shocked by the squalor in which the family had been living.
Years of neglect had left the hotel in squalor.
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。
the squalor of [noun]
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
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。
Connections
Collocations
- live in squalor
- 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。
- abject squalor
- 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。
- filth and squalor
- 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。
- urban squalor
- 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。
- poverty and squalor
- 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。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.