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 and disease are common in the slums.
  在贫民区里，贫因和疾病是很普遍的。
• Migration generated slums along the stream in shabby makeshift houses.
  移民形成的贫民区沿河搭建起了许多简陋的临时房屋。
• 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。
• City slums without light, roads or water.
  没有照明、道路或供水等设施的城市贫民区。
• Low-cost private sector schools, charging perhaps$ 2 a week, are booming in slums and villages.
  每周收费约2美元的廉价私立学校在贫民窟和村庄中兴起。
• In the suburbs the spacious houses stand in stark contrast to the slums of the city's poor.
  郊区宽敞的房子与城市中的贫民窟形成了鲜明的对比。
• 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 drove through the downtown slums and saw life in the raw.
  我们驾车穿过市中心的贫民区，看到了那里极原始的生活环境。
• The couple live in the slums of Dhaka with one child.
  这对夫妇居住在达卡（dhaka）的贫民窟里，有一个孩子。
• 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。