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小词详解 | sordid
sordid 英 [ˈsɔːdɪd] 美 [ˈsɔːrdɪd]
Their pursuit of it was often sordid, and the sums they were willing to risk irrational.
他们不择手段地追逐它,不惜铤而走险,一掷千金。
——《经济学人》Apparently she’s unacquainted with Donald Jr., Ivanka, Eric and Jared, and she somehow missed that sordid chapter of Trump’s presidency in which he tried to extort the president of Ukraine and was rightly impeached for it.
显然她不熟悉小唐纳德、伊万卡和贾里德,她也不知何故漏掉了特朗普总统任内那段肮脏的篇章,他在其间试图勒索乌克兰总统,并因此遭到正当的弹劾。
——《纽约时报》
[形容词] 肮脏的或邋遢的
那个著名科学家有一段不清白的过去。这是他人生中非常不光彩的一段经历。
That eminent scientist had a somewhat murky past. It was a rather sordid episode of his life.那个巧言令色的说谎高手告诉我他有了婚外恋,但没有告诉我其中龌龊的细节。
The plausible liar told me he'd had an affair but he spared me the sordid details.
那个雄心勃勃的销售培训生正探身窗外,瞻望锦绣前程。但他的抱负有点儿重利,太热衷于发财致富。
The sales trainee with grandiose ambitions was leaning out of the window and looking ahead to a grandiose future. But his ambitions were a little sordid, too intent upon growing rich.
The washrooms were disagreeable, crude, if not foul places, and the whole atmosphere was sordid.
洗手间即使不算肮脏恶臭,也是粗陋不堪,空气污秽恶劣。
tawdry: sordid or unpleasant abject: (of a person or their behavior) completely without pride or dignity; self-abasing sleazy: (of a person or situation) sordid, corrupt, or immoral