sordid
sordid
adjective
sordidly
adverb
sordidness
noun
语源
adjective
- involving ignoble actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt
卑鄙的；令人不齿的
the story paints a sordid picture of bribes and scams.
这个故事刻画了一幅贿赂和阴谋的肮脏画面。
■dirty or squalid
肮脏的
the overcrowded housing conditions were sordid and degrading.
过度拥挤的住房情况既脏乱又不体面。
sordidly
adverb
sordidness
noun
语源
- late Middle English (as a medical term in the sense 'purulent'): from French sordide or Latin sordidus, from sordere 'be dirty'. The current senses date from the early 17th cent
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