slum

US [slʌm]
UK [slʌm]
  • n.贫民窟；棚屋区
  • v.过简朴生活
  • Web贫民区；陋巷；润滑油渣
Plural Form：slums  Past Tense：slummed  Present Participle：slumming  

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slum
n.
1.
贫民窟；棚屋区an area of a city that is very poor and where the houses are dirty and in bad condition
a slum area
贫民区
city/urban slums
城市贫民窟
She was brought up in the slums of Leeds.
她是在利兹的贫民区长大的。
v.
1.
[i]
(informal)
（短期）去贫穷地方体验生活，过简朴生活to spend time in places or conditions that are much worse than those you are used to
There are plenty of ways you can cut costs on your trip without slumming.
在旅行中，有许多办法既可以减少开销又不至于让自己过得太苦。
IDM
Several businessmen had to slum it in economy class.
几个商人只好将就着坐在经济舱里。
slum it
将就着过简朴生活；过穷日子to accept conditions that are worse than those you are used to
Several businessmen had to slum it in economy class.
几个商人只好将就着坐在经济舱里。

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Definition:
AllAll,贫民窟贫民窟,棚屋区棚屋区,过简朴生活过简朴生活,贫民区贫民区,陋巷陋巷,润滑油渣润滑油渣
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1.
The slum in early spring nighttime, the sky is a balloon, a few slogans on the wall, an one female of male is turning on a light.
早春夜间的贫民窟，天上是一颗气球，墙上是几条标语，一男一女正在开灯。
zǎo chūn yè jiān de pín mín kū , tiān shàng shì yī kē qì qiú , qiáng shàng shì jǐ tiáo biāo yǔ , yī nán yī nǚ zhèng zài kāi dēng 。
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2.
The narrowness of the way into the slum made it hard for the fire brigade to douse the flames, not that Nairobi has much of a fire brigade.
并非内罗毕投入的消防车太少，而是通往贫民窟的道路过于狭窄使得消防车难以到达现场灭火。
bìng fēi nèi luó bì tóu rù de xiāo fáng chē tài shǎo , ér shì tōng wǎng pín mín kū de dào lù guò yú xiá zhǎi shǐ de xiāo fáng chē nán yǐ dào dá xiàn chǎng miè huǒ 。
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3.
The businessmen who pour in on the thrice-weekly jumbo jet from Johannesburg drive out of the airport car park straight into a slum.
来自约翰内斯堡的商人乘坐一周三班的大型喷气式飞机涌入罗安达，驾车离开机场就进入贫民区。
lái zì yuē hàn nèi sī bǎo de shāng rén chéng zuò yī zhōu sān bān de dà xíng pēn qì shì fēi jī yǒng rù luó ān dá , jià chē lí kāi jī chǎng jiù jìn rù pín mín qū 。
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4.
What good can it do, sceptics ask, to parachute a slum kid into a glamorous world of air travel and swish hotels, just for a week?
这样的比赛又能起到什么作用呢？只是让这些乞丐，无家可归的人体验一次飞机，住一周宾馆？一些质疑者这样讲。
zhè yàng de bǐ sài yòu néng qǐ dào shén me zuò yòng ne ? zhǐ shì ràng zhè xiē qǐ gài , wú jiā kě guī de rén tǐ yàn yī cì fēi jī , zhù yī zhōu bīn guǎn ? yì xiē zhì yí zhě zhè yàng jiǎng 。
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5.
The obvious assumption was that this was some kind of subterranean slum.
可以明显的假设，此处极像一个地下贫民窟。
kě yǐ míng xiǎn de jiǎ shè , cǐ chù jí xiàng yī gè dì xià pín mín kū 。
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6.
In one shack, deep inside the labyrinthine slum, her team found a weeping child whose parents had left her at home alone while they worked.
在迷宫似的贫民区深处一个简陋小屋里，她的小组发现了一个哭泣的孩子，她的父母出去工作时把她独自留在家里。
zài mí gōng shì de pín mín qū shēn chù yī gè jiǎn lòu xiǎo wū lǐ , tā de xiǎo zǔ fā xiàn le yī gè kū qì de hái zi , tā de fù mǔ chū qù gōng zuò shí bǎ tā dú zì liú zài jiā lǐ 。
article.yeeyan.org
7.
But, she added, even after she had a classroom, she had no idea what might come of her effort to teach kids from the slum.
但她补充说，即使她有了教室后，她并不知道她对贫民窟的孩子施教会得出什么样的结果。
dàn tā bǔ chōng shuō , jí shǐ tā yǒu liǎo jiào shì hòu , tā bìng bù zhī dào tā duì pín mín kū de hái zi shī jiào huì dé chū shén me yàng de jié guǒ 。
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8.
He suggested that I wrote an article on Chicago's vilest slum, and this was as good as meat and drink for me.
他建议我写一篇关于芝加哥最下层的贫民窟的文章，而这正是我最爱写的。
tā jiàn yì wǒ xiě yī piān guān yú zhī jiā gē zuì xià céng de pín mín kū de wén zhāng , ér zhè zhèng shì wǒ zuì ài xiě de 。
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9.
Festive lights bring a bit of sparkle to a slum in an Indian city.
节日的灯光给一个印度城市的贫民窟带来了一丝热闹。
jié rì de dēng guāng gěi yī gè yìn dù chéng shì de pín mín kū dài lái le yī sī rè nao 。
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10.
It turned out to be a wave of slum dwellers streaming to the air and sea port to greet the American guests.
那时，海地人从贫民窟中争相涌向机场和港口，欢迎美国来的客人。
nà shí , hǎi dì rén cóng pín mín kū zhōng zhēng xiāng yǒng xiàng jī chǎng hé gǎng kǒu , huān yíng měi guó lái de kè rén 。
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