1620s, "state or condition of being miserable and dirty," from Latin squalor "roughness, dirtiness, filthiness," from squalere "be filthy" (see squalid).
实用例句
1. I find public squalor very saddening.
公共场所的肮脏污秽让我感到非常悲哀。
来自柯林斯例句
2. the dehumanizing effects of poverty and squalor
贫穷和肮脏的环境造成丧失人性的结果
来自《权威词典》
3. the poverty and squalor of the slums
贫民窟的贫穷和肮脏
来自《权威词典》
4. He was born in squalor next to London's docks.
他出生在伦敦码头附近肮脏的地区.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. It tells the story of an aspiring young man's attempt to rise above the squalor of the street.