slum
英 [slʌm]
美 [slʌm]
n. 贫民窟; 棚屋区
v. (短期)去贫穷地方，过简朴生活
复数：slums 现在分词：slumming 过去式：slummed 第三人称单数：slums 过去分词：slummed
Collins.1 / BNC.8570 / COCA.9642
习惯用语
v.
- slum it
- 将就着过简朴生活；过穷日子
to accept conditions that are worse than those you are used to - Several businessmen had to slum it in economy class.
几个商人只好将就着坐在经济舱里。
牛津词典
noun
- 贫民窟；棚屋区
an area of a city that is very poor and where the houses are dirty and in bad condition- a slum area
贫民区 - city/urban slums
城市贫民窟 - She was brought up in the slums of Leeds.
她是在利兹的贫民区长大的。
- a slum area
verb
- （短期）去贫穷地方，过简朴生活
to spend time in places or conditions that are much worse than those you are used to- There are plenty of ways you can cut costs on your trip without slumming.
在旅行中，有许多办法既可以减少开销又不至于显得寒酸。
- There are plenty of ways you can cut costs on your trip without slumming.
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 贫民区;贫民窟
Aslumis an area of a city where living conditions are very bad and where the houses are in bad condition.- ...a slum area of St Louis.
圣路易斯的贫民区 - ...inner-city slums in the old cities of the north and east.
北部和东部老城市里的市中心贫民区
- ...a slum area of St Louis.
- VERB 逛贫民窟;体验下层社会的生活
If someoneis slumming itoris slumming, they are spending time in a place or in conditions that are at a much lower social level than they are used to.- ...rich kids slumming it.
体验下层社会生活的有钱人的孩子 - ...aristocratic types who enjoyed slumming around in musty old Scottish castles.
喜欢在发霉的苏格兰古堡里体验苦日子的贵族阶层
- ...rich kids slumming it.
英英释义
noun
- a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions
verb
- spend time at a lower socio-economic level than one's own, motivated by curiosity or desire for adventure
- attending a motion picture show by the upper class was considered sluming in the early 20th century
双语例句
- In a slum, people live in abject poverty.
在贫民区，人们可怜地生活在贫穷之中。 - He came to know that I was living in a slum, suffering from duodenal ulcers.
他渐渐了解到我曾经住在贫民窟，而且还在受着十二指肠炎的痛苦。 - I grow up in a slum.
我在一个贫民窟长大。 - One of the winners was Slum Networking in India, which exploits natural drainage paths to provide cheaper and better quality water, sanitation and drainage systems for slums.
获胜者之一是印度的SlumNetworking，它利用自然排水通道为贫民窟提供更廉价和更高质量的水、卫生设施和排水系统。 - The Warrens in the eastern part of town is a terrible slum sick with poverty and crime.
位于城市东部的沃伦斯区是一个治安混乱的贫民窟，这里充斥着贫穷和犯罪。 - The slum area was sordid and filthy beyond belief.
该贫民区之污秽肮脏简直令人难以置信。 - These children came from a slum area.
这些孩子来自贫民窟区。 - The policemen who patrolled the big city slum area that summer were sitting on a volcano.
那年夏天，在城市大贫民区巡逻的警察如同置身于火山口上。 - The building was erected by the London County Council in the 1930s as part of a slum demolition project.
大楼由伦敦郡议会（londoncountycouncil）于上世纪30年代兴建，这是贫民窟拆除计划的一部分。 - South Africa was praised in a recent United Nations report for its consistent political commitment to slum upgrading and provision for the urban poor.
联合国在最近发布的报告中，称赞南非在改善贫民窟居住条件和为城市贫困人口提供便利方面，保持了政治承诺的连贯性。