sordid
发音
英 [ˈsɔ:dɪd]
美 [ˈsɔrdɪd]
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- adj.
- 肮脏的
- 污秽的
- 卑鄙的
- 邋遢的
单词词源
sordid 污秽的，肮脏的
来自拉丁语 sordere,变得肮脏，来自 sordes,肮脏，污秽，来自 PIE*swordo,黑的，脏的，词源 同 swarthy,黝黑的。
双语例句
- 1. But increasingly these arrangements seem neither efficient nor secret , as their sordid inner workings are laid bare .
- 但随着肮脏的内幕被曝光，这些安排已越来越显得既无效率，也不算是秘密。
- 2. Celebrities are easy targets for sordid tales .
- 明星们最容易成为各种肮脏污秽故事的主角。
- 3. As their populations age and their relative economic weight declines , europeans may need a similar change in attitude towards the sordid business of earning a national living .
- 随着他们人口老龄化和经济比重的相对减少，欧洲人在对维持整个国家生活的肮脏商业上的态度可能需要进行类似的改变。
- 4. But while the former portuguese colony has its sordid corners , it lacks the glossy party atmosphere of its american peer .
- 然而，尽管曾为葡萄牙殖民地的城市主导了这一黑暗的行业，它还缺一样东西：拉斯维加斯光鲜亮丽的派对气氛。
- 5. Even now , brazilians are reluctant to admit the sordid origins of the phenomenon and the elements of sexual and class exploitation it involved .
- 直到今天，巴西人也不愿意承认这种现象的肮脏的起源，以及其中相关的性因素和阶级剥削。