cesspool

pronunciation

UK ['sespu:l]word uk audio image

US [ˈsɛsˌpul] word us audio image

  • n.
    污水坑,化粪池,污秽场所

Word Origin

cesspool 化粪池

可能来自recess和pool的合成词。

Example

1. What a wonder that before the age of modern progress , one could drink from this poisonous cesspool .
多么奇怪,在现代化进程之前的时代里,人能从这个有毒的污水坑中取水喝。
2. Our members grew up within the internet subculture and cesspool that is 4chan .
我们的成员是在4chan的互联网文化及粪坑里成长起来的。
3. But they also point to a new cosmopolitan cesspool , where a similar set of worries beset every strata of society , uniting and dividing it along new lines .
但它们也展现了一个新的大都市版“污水坑”,同样有无尽烦恼纠缠着各个社会阶层,令他们在新的战线上分分合合。
4. The assumption was that he was warning the white members of the audience , but in reality his lecture was far more uncomfortable listening for the sizeable nigerian contingent , including a slew of government and embassy dignitaries , as he spoke of " indolent kleptocrats " in the government , and " a cesspool of corruption " .
或许这是在提醒听众里的白人成员,但实际上,当他讲到政府里“懒惰的强盗统治”和“滋生腐败的粪池”时,坐立不安的是众多的尼日利亚听众,这包括不少政府和使馆要员在内。

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