sordid
TEM8GRE低频词扩展词汇
英 ['sɔːdɪd]
美
释义
adj. 肮脏的；卑鄙的；利欲熏心的；色彩暗淡的
近义词
助记提示
音：扫地的，地上很脏，颜色是灰的；音：臊的, 臭臊的，腥臊的，像尿一样肮脏；
2. sord- (谐音“臊的”) + -id.
中文词源
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。
英文词源
- sordid (adj.)
- early 15c., "festering," from Latin sordidus "dirty, filthy, foul, vile, mean, base," from sordere "be dirty, be shabby," related to sordes "dirt, filth," from PIE *swrd-e-, from root *swordo- "black, dirty" (cognates: Old English sweart "black"). Sense of "foul, low, mean" first recorded 1610s. Related: Sordidly; sordidness.
双语例句
- 1. She listened to Kate'sexplanation of the sordid affair.
- 她听凯特对这件丑事作何解释。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. It was a shock to discover the truth about his sordid past.
- 他以往的丑行被发现时，人们感到震惊。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. The huts they lived in were sordid and filthy beyond belief.
- 他们住的小房真是异乎寻常地脏.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. I've washed my hands of the whole sordid business.
- 我已经洗手不干那种肮脏的勾当了.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. He depicts the sordid and vulgar sides of life exclusively.
- 他只描写人生肮脏和庸俗的一面.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
英英释意
- 1. morally degraded;
- "a seedy district"
- "the seamy side of life"
- "sleazy characters hanging around casinos"
- "sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"- Seattle Weekly
- "the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"- James Joyce
- "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"
实用场景例句
- It was a shock to discover the truth about his sordid past.
- 他以往的丑行被发现时，人们感到震惊。
牛津词典
- 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。
牛津词典
- people living in sordid conditions
- 生活环境肮脏不堪的人
牛津词典
- He sat with his head buried in his hands as his sordid double life was revealed...
- 自己卑鄙的双重生活被揭穿后，他双手抱头坐在那里。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- I don't want to hear the sordid details of your relationship with Sandra...
- 我不想听你和桑德拉之间的那些龌龊细节。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...the attic windows of their sordid little rooms.
- 他们那些肮脏的小房间的阁楼窗户
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- They lived in a sordid apartment.
- 他们住在肮脏的公寓房子里.
辞典例句
- It was a sordid war.
- 那是一场龌龊的战争.
期刊摘选
- Friendship! No, that is an affection of earth , of vulgar habits and sordid sympathies.
- 友谊, 不, 那不过是凡人的感情, 不过反映了庸俗的习性和下贱的共鸣.
辞典例句
- The whole atmosphere was sordid.
- 整个的空气是龌龊的.
辞典例句
- He lived in a sordid slum.
- 他生活在一个污秽的贫民窟.
期刊摘选
- Such sordid things as stabbing affrays were evidently not fIt'subjects for conversation with a lady.
- 象持刀格斗这一类下流事,显然不是跟小姐谈话的适当话题.
辞典例句
- Sophie Neveu seemed far too solid of be mixed up in something that sordid.
- 索菲看上去很纯洁,应该不会参与这样的肮脏交易.
期刊摘选
- Journalists have exercised remarkable restraint in not reporting all the sordid details of the case.
- 记者对该案件的报道显示出异乎寻常的克制,没有报道所有肮脏的细节.
《简明英汉词典》
- I'm thinking about describing the nastiness of human beings, the sordid part of relationships.
- 我正在考虑描述人类的不洁, 人与人关系中利欲熏心的方面.
期刊摘选
- This sordid, vultrous, diabolical old man reminded Nately of his father.
- 这个卑鄙 、 贪婪 、 恶魔似的老头儿使纳特雷想起了他的父亲.
辞典例句
- The huts they lived in were sordid and filthy beyond belief.
- 他们住的小房真是异乎寻常地脏.
《简明英汉词典》
- A generous fellow plays for the play, a sordid one for the stake.
- 慷慨的人为玩牌而玩牌, 而卑贱的人为赢钱而玩牌.
辞典例句
- It's a sordid, selfish world, and I wish I was out of it.
- 这 真 是个卑鄙龌龊 、 自私自利的世界, 我真想脱离它才好.
辞典例句
- Who knows what kind of sordid life this guy has?
- 谁会知道这个人过着多么肮脏的生活?
电影对白
- We're doing a series on the ten most sordid social welfare cases.
- 我们正在做一系列关于十大最肮脏的社会福利案件.
期刊摘选
- I want no part of this sordid business.
- 我不想卷入这一卑鄙勾当.
《简明英汉词典》
- She complained of the room being sordid.
- 她抱怨那房间肮脏.
期刊摘选
- I've washed my hands of the whole sordid business.
- 我已经洗手不干那种肮脏的勾当了.
《简明英汉词典》
- TYPICAL USE : The poor family lived sordid log cabin in the valley.
- 这个穷人家住在山谷中一污秽的小木屋内.
期刊摘选
- Gradually the whole sordid story of how he had cheated us came out.
- 有关他如何欺骗我门的肮脏故事已经传开来了.
期刊摘选
- After thirty, even the sight of a shabby and sordid taxis my sicken me.
- 三十岁之后, 看见破旧肮脏的士都心烦,拜托!
期刊摘选
- He depicts the sordid and vulgar sides of life exclusively.
- 他只描写人生肮脏和庸俗的一面.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Do not eat sordid food.
- 不吃不干净的食物.
期刊摘选
