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Slum

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    (noun.) a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions.

    (verb.) spend time at a lower socio-economic level than one's own, motivated by curiosity or desire for adventure; usage considered condescending and insensitive; 'attending a motion picture show by the upper class was considered sluming in the early 20th century'.

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Slum

双语例句


  • But the taxation of unimproved property happens at the same time to be a splendid weapon against the slum. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
  • Hitherto man has been living in a slum, amidst quarrels, revenges, vanities, shames and taints, hot desires, and urgent appetites. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
  • Its morale was not that of a kraal, but that of a slum. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
  • Did you ever hear of the great commercial house of Bilson & Slum? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
  • I thought that by going down on a slum street near the water-front I would get some pretty cheap property. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
  • I wonder, Winsett broke off, how a Countess happens to live in our slum? 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
  • Sweating, slums, the sense of semi-slavery in labour, must go. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
  • We passed across Holborn, down Endell Street, and so through a zigzag of slums to Covent Garden Market. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
  • There are bad girls in your slums. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
  • Nothing could have better pleased the fierce heart of the Paris slums. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
  • If we were not there, he could come down to the slums at Goerck Street, and would play for an hour or two and talk philosophy. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.

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