[ADJ 形容词](有关)卫生的,环境卫生的,公共卫生的Sanitary means concerned with keeping things clean and healthy, especially by providing a sewage system and a clean water supply.
[ADJ n]
Sanitary conditions are appalling...
卫生条件之差令人震惊。
The vast majority live in tin shacks without electricity, clean water or sanitary facilities.
大多数人生活在简陋的铁皮屋子里,没有电,没有干净的水,也没有卫生设施。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](地方)卫生的,干净的 If you say that a place is not sanitary, you mean that it is not very clean.
[usu with brd-neg]
It's not the most sanitary place one could swim.
这个游泳的地方不大卫生。
Oxford
sani·tary/ˈsænətri; NAmEˈsænəteri/adjective1[only before noun ]connected with keeping places clean and healthy to live in, especially by removing human waste 卫生的;环境卫生的;公共卫生的◆Overcrowding and poor sanitary conditionsled to disease in the refugee camps. 过度拥挤和恶劣的卫生状况导致难民营中出现疾病。◆The hut had no cooking or sanitary facilities.这间茅屋里没有厨具和卫生设施。2clean; not likely to cause health problems 清洁的;卫生的SYN
hygienic
◆The new houses were more sanitary than the old ones had been.新房子比老房子卫生。OPP
insanitary
sani·tary/ˈsænətri; NAmEˈsænəteri/
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sanitarysan‧i‧ta‧ry /ˈsænətəri $ -teri/ adjective
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1[only before noun] relating to the ways that dirt, infection, and waste are removed, so that places are clean and healthy for people to live inSYN hygienic: Diseases were spread through poor sanitary conditions. a prison with no proper sanitary facilities (=toilets)2clean and not causing any danger to people’s healthOPP insanitary: Often, the camps were not very sanitary.
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