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单词 slum
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It exposed the grotesque lack of hygiene in the teeming city slums.Aerial photographs showed great swaths of slum dwellings flattened or swept away by landslides.House prices have shot up and the former slum dwellers are sitting pretty.But slums are equally bad for the morale of their occupants.The fact that actual slum conditions continue to exist at all is an indictment of the housing situation.As we moved slowly through the outskirts of the town we passed row after row of little grey slum houses.Yesterday's violence was restricted to the slum areas of the capital.In the housing field the answer was to have massive government investment programmes in so-called slum clearance.If we want any fun, we either find a slum landlord or move in with mum and dad.In the largest slum, one million people eke out an existence in an area of less than a square mile.Yesterday thousands cowered in shacks and flimsy slum dwellings as clashes continued and political leaders traded insults and accusations over who was responsible for the conflict.The family lived in slum conditions: he once recalled a welfare officer coming to the house and asking where the bathroom was.Now he is working in a restaurant earning 35,000 rupees a month and has moved out of the slum into a house of his own.Filming in one of Africa's biggest slums was a powerful experience.The Duchess was on-trend with a boho chic look on a visit to the slums.But it is also one of Asia's biggest slums.By last night 211 people had been detained in the security forces' sweep through the slum area.

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British English: slum /slʌm/ NOUN
A slum is an area of a city where living conditions are very bad.
...a slum area of the city.
  • American English: slum
  • Arabic: حَيُّ الْفُقَرَاءِ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: favela
  • Chinese: 贫民窟
  • Croatian: sirotinjska četvrt
  • Czech: slum
  • Danish: slum
  • Dutch: achterbuurt
  • European Spanish: barriada pobre
  • Finnish: slummi
  • French: taudis
  • German: Slum
  • Greek: τρώγλη
  • Italian: malfamato
  • Japanese: スラム街
  • Korean: 빈민가
  • Norwegian: slum
  • Polish: dzielnica nędzy
  • European Portuguese: bairro degradado
  • Romanian: cartier sărac
  • Russian: трущобы
  • Latin American Spanish: tugurio
  • Swedish: slum
  • Thai: สลัม สลัม
  • Turkish: gecekondu
  • Ukrainian: нетрі
  • Vietnamese: nhà ổ chuột

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Chinese translation of 'slum'

slum

(slʌm)

n (c)

  1. (= house) 陋室 (lòushì) (间(間), jiān)
  2. (= area) 贫(貧)民窟 (pínmínkū) (个(個), )

vt, vi

  1. to be slumming (it) 过(過)贫(貧)穷(窮)的生活 (guò pínqióng de shēnghuó)
(noun) 
Definition
an overcrowded and badly maintained house
The city had the worst slums in Europe.
Synonyms
hovel
They lived in a squalid hovel for the next five years.
ghetto
shanty
a young population in urban slums and shanties

Additional synonyms

in the sense of shanty
Definition
a small rough hut
a young population in urban slums and shanties
Synonyms
shack,
shed,
cabin,
hut,
lean-to,
hovel,
shiel (Scottish),
bothy (Scottish),
shieling (Scottish)

Synonyms of 'slum'

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