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

• 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

双语例句

• Many distinguished men have emerged from slums.
  许多名人都出自贫民窟。
• These slums are a disgrace to the city.
  这些贫民窟是这座城市的耻辱。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。