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

• 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。
• Results are evident in different sectors and all regions, including rural development, water supply and sanitation, social funds, and slum upgrading projects.
  各部门和各地区的项目均取得了显著的成果，包括农村发展、供水和环境卫生、社会基金和贫民区升级改造项目。
• What a wretched existence the people in the slum lead!
  这个贫民窟里的人们过着多么令人悲惨的生活啊！
• 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。
• A program of slum clearance has been approved but God knows when it will come to pass.
  拆除旧房屋的计划得到了批准，但天晓得什么时候能实现。
• 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。
• The slum is to be dynamited.
  贫民窟要被炸掉了。
• 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。
• 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；
• I grow up in a slum.
  我在一个贫民窟长大。