(相同种族或背景人的)聚居区;贫民区 an area of a city where many people of the same race or background live, separately from the rest of the population. Ghettos are often crowded, with bad living conditions.
a poor kid growing up in the ghetto 在贫民区长大的穷孩子
The south coast of Spain has become something of a tourist ghetto. 西班牙南海岸可以说已经成为旅游者的聚居区。
(昔日城市中的)犹太人居住区 the area of a town where Jews were forced to live in the past
N-COUNT 贫民区;(相同种族、宗教或国籍的人的)聚居区 A ghetto is a part of a city in which many poor people or many people of a particular race, religion, or nationality live separately from everyone else.
...the black ghettos of New York and Los Angeles. 纽约和洛杉矶的黑人聚居区
...the gang kids who will never escape the ghetto. 永远无法走出贫民区的帮派少年