squalor

🇬🇧 UK/'skwɒlә/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

n.

Extreme filthiness and degradation, typically caused by neglect or poverty.

肮脏污秽;贫困潦倒

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
squalroot
+
orone who does, agent
=squalor

Common Collocations

  • 1.live in squalor生活在肮脏污秽中
  • 2.abject squalor极度肮脏
  • 3.poverty and squalor贫困潦倒
  • 4.urban squalor城市贫民窟的恶劣环境

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The refugees were forced to live in absolute squalor without clean water or sanitation.

  • 2.

    The investigative report exposed the squalor of overcrowded urban slums.

  • 3.

    She grew up in poverty and squalor but eventually became a celebrated author.

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