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sordid adj.卑鄙的；不诚实的；肮脏的；破烂的 (1) 他对我们有卑鄙的动机。(2) 我决不卷入这一卑鄙勾当。(3) 该贫民区之污秽肮脏简直令人难以置信。(4) 我已经彻底洗手不干那种肮脏的勾当了。(5) 这个穷人家住在一个污秽的小屋里面。 Sordid comes from the Latin word sordes "dirt." Something that is filthy or run down such as a neighborhood or someone's living conditions can be called sordid, but it is usually used figuratively to mean immoral or dishonest. If you want to hear the sordid details of someone's actions, it's because they were extremely dishonest or sexually immoral and also because they were supposed to be kept a secret.

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英 ['sɔːdɪd] 美 ['sɔːrdɪd] (1) He has sordid motives on us.(2) I want no part of this sordid business.(3) The slum area was sordid and filthy beyond belief.(4) I've washed my hands of the whole sordid business.(5) The poor family lived in a sordid hut. Describe a person's actions as sordid if they are so immoral or unethical that they seem dirty. Think of the worst parts of a bad soap opera! 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](行为)卑鄙的，可耻的 If you describe someone's behaviour as sordid, you mean that it is immoral or dishonest.   [disapproval]He sat with his head buried in his hands as his sordid double life was revealed...自己卑鄙的双重生活被揭穿后，他双手抱头坐在那里。I don't want to hear the sordid details of your relationship with Sandra...我不想听你和桑德拉之间的那些龌龊细节。She listened to Kate's explanation of the sordid affair.她听凯特对这件丑事作何解释。2[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](地方)肮脏的，令人不快的，令人沮丧的 If you describe a place as sordid, you mean that it is dirty, unpleasant, or depressing.   [disapproval]...the attic windows of their sordid little rooms.他们那些肮脏的小房间的阁楼窗户

英语单词	sordid
英美音标	英 ['sɔːdɪd] 美 ['sɔːrdɪd]
中文释义	adj.卑鄙的；不诚实的；肮脏的；破烂的
英语例句	(1) He has sordid motives on us. (2) I want no part of this sordid business. (3) The slum area was sordid and filthy beyond belief. (4) I've washed my hands of the whole sordid business. (5) The poor family lived in a sordid hut.
中文例句	(1) 他对我们有卑鄙的动机。 (2) 我决不卷入这一卑鄙勾当。 (3) 该贫民区之污秽肮脏简直令人难以置信。 (4) 我已经彻底洗手不干那种肮脏的勾当了。 (5) 这个穷人家住在一个污秽的小屋里面。
vocabulary简明	Describe a person's actions as sordid if they are so immoral or unethical that they seem dirty. Think of the worst parts of a bad soap opera!
vocabulary扩展	Sordid comes from the Latin word sordes "dirt." Something that is filthy or run down such as a neighborhood or someone's living conditions can be called sordid, but it is usually used figuratively to mean immoral or dishonest. If you want to hear the sordid details of someone's actions, it's because they were extremely dishonest or sexually immoral and also because they were supposed to be kept a secret.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](行为)卑鄙的，可耻的 If you describe someone's behaviour as sordid, you mean that it is immoral or dishonest. [disapproval] He sat with his head buried in his hands as his sordid double life was revealed... 自己卑鄙的双重生活被揭穿后，他双手抱头坐在那里。 I don't want to hear the sordid details of your relationship with Sandra... 我不想听你和桑德拉之间的那些龌龊细节。 She listened to Kate's explanation of the sordid affair. 她听凯特对这件丑事作何解释。 2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](地方)肮脏的，令人不快的，令人沮丧的 If you describe a place as sordid, you mean that it is dirty, unpleasant, or depressing. [disapproval] ...the attic windows of their sordid little rooms. 他们那些肮脏的小房间的阁楼窗户

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