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单词 squalor
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squalor

noun
/ˈskwɒlə(r)/
/ˈskwɑːlər/
[uncountable]
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  1. dirty and unpleasant conditions
    • the poverty and squalor of the slums
    • in squalor He had lost his job and was living in squalor.
    • He was born in squalor next to the docks.
    • a beautiful garden amid the squalor of the slums
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • public
    • urban
    verb + squalor
    • live in
    preposition
    • amid the squalor of
    • in the squalor of
    • in squalor
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    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin, from squalere ‘be dirty’.
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