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

• A child who spends most of his time in the streets especially in slum areas.
  大部分时间都在街上的小孩，特指贫民窟的孩子。
• This place is no better than slum.
  这地方与贫民窟差不多。
• For indian paupers, a slum is a home that can protect their dignity.
  对于印度贫民来说，贫民窟是他们保有尊严的家园；
• 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。
• 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。
• The slum area was sordid and filthy beyond belief.
  该贫民区之污秽肮脏简直令人难以置信。
• Usually poor people live in slum district.
  通常来说，穷人住在贫民区。
• I grow up in a slum.
  我在一个贫民窟长大。
• In a slum, people live in abject poverty.
  在贫民区，人们可怜地生活在贫穷之中。
• It was a story about slum life in Chicago.
  这是一篇关于芝加哥贫民窟生活情况的故事。