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

• 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。
• Many wealthy countries have growing urban slums that drain health resources and strain the social welfare system.
  许多富裕国家有日益扩大的城市贫民区，耗尽了卫生资源并对社会福利制度造成压力。
• Poverty and disease are common in the slums.
  在贫民区里，贫因和疾病是很普遍的。
• Angola's crowded slums lack adequate water supplies and sanitation, which facilitates infection.
  安哥拉拥挤的贫民窟缺乏足够的水供应和下水道，这会加剧霍乱感染。
• He says he will come to our country and help the people living in slums.
  他说要到我们的国家来，帮助那些住在贫民窟里的人。
• Slums are a function of successful labor markets and failed land markets.
  贫民区是成功的劳动力市场和失灵的土地市场的一个函数。
• 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。
• We would then see in the developed world what we see in developing countries: vast slums.
  那时，我们就将在发达国家看到发展中国家中常见的景象：大量的贫民窟。
• 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。
• 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。