sordid

英 ['sɔːdɪd] 美 ['sɔːrdɪd]

• adj. 卑鄙的；不诚实的；肮脏的；破烂的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. morally degraded;

   "a seedy district"
   "the seamy side of life"
   "sleazy characters hanging around casinos"
   "sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"
   "the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"
   "the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal"
   

2. unethical or dishonest;

   "dirty police officers"
   "a sordid political campaign"
   

3. foul and run-down and repulsive;

   "a flyblown bar on the edge of town"
   "a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town"
   "squalid living conditions"
   "sordid shantytowns"
   

4. meanly avaricious and mercenary;

   "sordid avarice"
   "sordid material interests"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. He has sordid motives on us.
   他对我们有卑鄙的动机。
2. I want no part of this sordid business.
   我决不卷入这一卑鄙勾当。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. I've washed my hands of the whole sordid business.
   我已经彻底洗手不干那种肮脏的勾当了。
6. The poor family lived in a sordid hut.
   这个穷人家住在一个污秽的小屋里面。

经典引文

• The couture world was very sordid backstage..the cabines were filthy.

  出自：Harpers Queen

近反义词

【近义词】

• squalid 肮脏的
• dirty 脏的
• filthy 污秽的
• slovenly 不修边幅的
• abject 卑贱的
• acquisitive 想获得的
• sleazy 质地薄的
• base 底部
• disreputable 声名狼藉的
• repugnant 令人厌恶的
• disgusting 令人厌恶的
• despicable 可鄙的
• ignoble 平民的
• wretched 可怜的
• nasty 下流的
• distasteful 味道差的
• low 低的
• grimy 肮脏的
• grubby 生蛆的
• foul 恶臭的
• grungy 丑的
• bases 名词base的复数形式,...
• seedy 褴褛的
• seamy 丑恶的
• flyblown 有蝇卵的