sleaze

英 [sliːz]

美 [sliːz]

n.  (尤指政客或商人的)舞弊，欺诈，违法行为; (尤指涉及性行为的)污秽，肮脏，乌烟瘴气; 奸徒; 卑鄙的人; 下流坯

BNC.35491 / COCA.24754

牛津词典

noun

• （尤指政客或商人的）舞弊，欺诈，违法行为
  dishonest or illegal behaviour, especially by politicians or business people
  1. allegations of sleaze
     关于舞弊的指控
  2. The candidate was seriously damaged by the sleaze factor.
     那位候选人的形象因丑闻而受到严重损害。
• （尤指涉及性行为的）污秽，肮脏，乌烟瘴气
  behaviour or conditions that are unpleasant and not socially acceptable, especially because sex is involved
  1. the sleaze of a town that was once a naval base
     一度是海军基地的小城里那乌烟瘴气的社会氛围
• 奸徒；卑鄙的人；下流坯
  a dishonest or immoral person

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT (尤指政治、商业、新闻、娱乐等方面存在的)肮脏，污秽，卑劣，不道德
  You usesleazeto describe activities that you consider immoral, dishonest, or not respectable, especially in politics, business, journalism, or entertainment.
  1. She claimed that an atmosphere of sleaze and corruption now surrounded the Government...
     她宣称一股肮脏腐败之风充斥着整个政府。
  2. The President denounced the press for engaging in 'sleaze' and called the story a lie.
     总统谴责媒体参与了肮脏交易，称该报道是谎言。
  3. ...porn movies and sleaze.
     色情片和烂片

英英释义

noun

• tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar
  Synonym:cheapnesstackinesstat

双语例句

• Blair's popularity has plunged after a series of government scandals over sleaze and mismanagement, as well as controversy over the Iraq war.
  由于布莱尔卷入政府腐败和执政能力下降等一系列的丑闻之中，再加上国内对伊拉克战争问题的种种争议，布莱尔的名誉和声望大大下降。
• That royal sleaze is hitting on liz.
  那个假惺惺的皇室正在勾引莉斯。
• I don't intend to use sleaze against my opponent although there are plenty of things in his personal life that the voters ought to know about.
  我并不想利用竞选对手的丑闻来攻击他，但是他的私生活中也确实有很多东西选民应该知道的。
• Budget hotels are booming as the result of room rates as low as rmb200-rmb300 ($ 29-$ 44) per night, with clean sheets, no sleaze and a location within a short cheap taxi ride of the Jin Mao Tower.
  客房价格低至每晚200至300元人民币（合29至44美元）、床单洁净、无低俗服务、打车到金茂大厦快捷便宜，这是经济型酒店蓬勃发展的原因所在。
• Many Slovaks had high hopes of Ms Radicova, an Oxford-educated sociology professor, who promised both fiscal responsibility and an end to sleaze.
  许多斯洛伐克人对迪拉乔娃，这个保证财政责任和禁止人身攻击的牛津大学毕业的社会学家报以很高的期望。
• The credibility of British politicians plunged to a new low yesterday as allegations of "sleaze" brought down a former Labour government minister and forced the resignation of a close aide to David Cameron, the opposition Conservative leader.
  英国政界人士的信誉昨天跌入新的低点，有关“不名誉”的指控将一名前工党大臣拉下马，并迫使反对党保守党领袖大卫卡梅伦（davidcameron）的一位亲密助手辞职。
• She claimed that an atmosphere of sleaze and corruption now surrounded the Government
  她宣称一股肮脏腐败之风充斥着整个政府。
• Clearly you've never been to the sleaze nation of our queen mother.
  很明显你没来过我们女皇手下这个更糟的国家。
• Like it or not, sleaze is here to stay, and even high-ranking officials are in on the act.
  不管你是否愿意，腐败扎根于这些人中，甚至高级别的官员也在其列。
• It started as part of a company, intermix, that had the stink of sleaze about it.
  成立之初，它只是Intermix媒体（IntermixMedia）公司的一部分，后者因为一些劣迹而声誉不佳。