slums

英 [slʌmz] 美 [slʌmz]

n.  贫民窟; 棚屋区
v.  (短期)去贫穷地方，过简朴生活
slum的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

  1. N-COUNT 贫民区;贫民窟
    A slum is an area of a city where living conditions are very bad and where the houses are in bad condition.
    1. ...a slum area of St Louis.
      圣路易斯的贫民区
    2. ...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
  2. VERB 逛贫民窟;体验下层社会的生活
    If someone is slumming it or is slumming, they are spending time in a place or in conditions that are at a much lower social level than they are used to.
    1. ...rich kids slumming it.
      体验下层社会生活的有钱人的孩子
    2. ...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
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双语例句

  1. Poverty leads to slums, which are an eyesore and a health hazard.
    贫困产生了贫民窟，那里不仅有碍观瞻，而且卫生隐患严重。
  2. Poverty is much in evidence in the city slums.
    城市贫民窟的穷困是显而易见的。
  3. Poverty, disease and crime are common in the slums.
    贫穷、疾病与罪恶在贫民区里到处可见。
  4. Many distinguished men have emerged from slums.
    许多名人都出自贫民窟。
  5. Then the article goes on to speak of the truly indescribable and bestial conditions of life in the swollen London slums.
    文章接着谈到不断膨胀中的伦敦贫民窟无限悲惨的非人生活情况。
  6. Migration generated slums along the stream in shabby makeshift houses.
    移民形成的贫民区沿河搭建起了许多简陋的临时房屋。
  7. There has been a steady population shift from rural to urban areas, causing large urban slums and unemployment.
    农村人口一直在不断地流入城市，造成失业和大规模的贫民区。
  8. We drove through the downtown slums and saw life in the raw.
    我们驾车穿过市中心的贫民区，看到了那里极原始的生活环境。
  9. Then I will fill heaven with slum people and you will have slums there.
    那我就让天堂充满贫民窟的人，那你就会有贫民窟了。
  10. Equally striking is the new urban sprawl-and the spread of slums.
    另一个同样引人注目的便是新的都市化进程，与贫民窟的扩张。
  11. Many wealthy countries have growing urban slums that drain health resources and strain the social welfare system.
    许多富裕国家有日益扩大的城市贫民区，耗尽了卫生资源并对社会福利制度造成压力。
  12. Slums are a function of successful labor markets and failed land markets.
    贫民区是成功的劳动力市场和失灵的土地市场的一个函数。
  13. Slums are hotbeds of crime and disease.
    贫民窟是滋生犯罪和疾病的温床。
  14. City slums without light, roads or water.
    没有照明、道路或供水等设施的城市贫民区。
  15. Angola's crowded slums lack adequate water supplies and sanitation, which facilitates infection.
    安哥拉拥挤的贫民窟缺乏足够的水供应和下水道，这会加剧霍乱感染。
  16. Poverty and disease are common in the slums.
    在贫民区里，贫因和疾病是很普遍的。
  17. He says he will come to our country and help the people living in slums.
    他说要到我们的国家来，帮助那些住在贫民窟里的人。
  18. Thesurvey also showed that people living in the slums of Calcutta, India are happier thanresidents of California.
    调查也显示，印度加尔各答贫民窟里的人比加利福尼亚的居民感觉更幸福。
  19. The couple live in the slums of Dhaka with one child.
    这对夫妇居住在达卡（dhaka）的贫民窟里，有一个孩子。
  20. A curious mix of slums, trendy shops and the refurbished homes of the rich.
    贫民窟、时髦商店和有钱人整修一新的房屋的奇特混合。
  21. Low-cost private sector schools, charging perhaps$ 2 a week, are booming in slums and villages.
    每周收费约2美元的廉价私立学校在贫民窟和村庄中兴起。
  22. These slums are a disgrace to the city.
    这些贫民窟是这座城市的耻辱。
  23. In the suburbs the spacious houses stand in stark contrast to the slums of the city's poor.
    郊区宽敞的房子与城市中的贫民窟形成了鲜明的对比。
  24. As a social worker, she does a lot of work in slums.
    作为一个社会工作者，她在贫民区做了大量的工作。
  25. But there are not enough public schools for all the children who live in the crowded slums of Nairobi.
    但这里显然没有足够的公立学校来满足居住在内罗毕拥挤的贫民窟的所有孩子们。
  26. What we are doing in the slums, maybe you cannot do.
    我们在贫民窟里所做的事情，可能你不能做。
  27. We would then see in the developed world what we see in developing countries: vast slums.
    那时，我们就将在发达国家看到发展中国家中常见的景象：大量的贫民窟。
  28. Police in Rio de Janeiro have taken control of one of Brazil's largest and most lawless slums.
    里约热内卢警方已经掌控了巴西最大和最无法律的贫民窟。
  29. The novelists of the city, of slums and crowds, they call it love.
    这个城市的小说家、贫民窟和拥挤人群的小说家，将之称为，爱。
  30. Slums are not fit homes for the men who have won this war or for their children.
    打赢了这场战争的人及其子女是不应该住贫民窟的。
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