slum

英 [slʌm]

美 [slʌm]

n.  贫民窟; 棚屋区
v.  (短期)去贫穷地方，过简朴生活

复数：slums　现在分词：slumming　过去式：slummed　第三人称单数：slums　过去分词：slummed　

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习惯用语

v.

slum it
• 将就着过简朴生活；过穷日子
  to accept conditions that are worse than those you are used to
• Several businessmen had to slum it in economy class.
  几个商人只好将就着坐在经济舱里。

牛津词典

noun

• 贫民窟；棚屋区
  an area of a city that is very poor and where the houses are dirty and in bad condition
  1. a slum area
     贫民区
  2. city/urban slums
     城市贫民窟
  3. She was brought up in the slums of Leeds.
     她是在利兹的贫民区长大的。

verb

• （短期）去贫穷地方，过简朴生活
  to spend time in places or conditions that are much worse than those you are used to
  1. There are plenty of ways you can cut costs on your trip without slumming.
     在旅行中，有许多办法既可以减少开销又不至于显得寒酸。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 贫民区;贫民窟
  Aslumis 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
• VERB 逛贫民窟;体验下层社会的生活
  If someoneis slumming itoris 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

英英释义

noun

• a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions
  Synonym:slum area

verb

• spend time at a lower socio-economic level than one's own, motivated by curiosity or desire for adventure
  1. attending a motion picture show by the upper class was considered sluming in the early 20th century

双语例句

• This place is no better than slum.
  这地方与贫民窟差不多。
• Usually poor people live in slum district.
  通常来说，穷人住在贫民区。
• You're like a saint in a slum.
  你就像是贫民窟中的圣人。
• Working in the slum brings her up against the reality of poverty.
  她在贫民区工作，使她正视贫困的现实。
• 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。
• Many cities have slum areas or ghettoes, where people live in dangers or destitute conditions.
  许多城市都存在贫民区或贫民窟，在这里人们在危险与贫困中煎熬。
• The Warrens in the eastern part of town is a terrible slum sick with poverty and crime.
  位于城市东部的沃伦斯区是一个治安混乱的贫民窟，这里充斥着贫穷和犯罪。
• Then you wonder why where you live is always a ghetto or a slum area.
  然后，你迷惑，为什么你生活的那个地方依然是犹太人区和贫民窟。
• The policemen who patrolled the big city slum area that summer were sitting on a volcano.
  那年夏天，在城市大贫民区巡逻的警察如同置身于火山口上。
• This compound is starting to feel and look like a slum.
  这幢公寓已经看起来并给人感觉象一个贫民窟了。