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单词 seedy
释义
seedy
adjective
uk
/ˈsiː.di/us
/ˈsiː.di/
lookingdirtyor inbadconditionandlikelyto beinvolvedindishonestorillegalactivities:
破旧的，褴褛的；肮脏的；下流的
a seedyhotel污七八糟的宾馆
He didn't like thelookof the seedycharacterswho werehangingaroundoutsidethebar.他不喜欢那些龌龊家伙的样子，他们总是在酒吧外面游荡。
Synonyms
scruffy
sleazy
squalid(DIRTY)disapproving
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Morally wrong and evil
  • abhorrent
  • amoral
  • amorality
  • anomie
  • antichrist
  • disgrace
  • dissipated
  • dissolute
  • dissolutely
  • dissoluteness
  • no goodidiom
  • no more Mr Nice Guyidiom
  • non-ethical
  • obscene
  • obscenely
  • turpitude
  • unconscionable
  • unconscionably
  • unethical
  • unprincipled
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seediness
(Definition ofseedyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

seedy| American Dictionary

seedy
adjective[-er/-est only]
us
/ˈsi·di/
inbadcondition,esp. because notcaredfor andthereforeunattractive:
We hadquartersin aratherseedyhotelnear therailroadtracks.
(Definition ofseedyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofseedy

seedy
The matchbox carried the logo of what appeared to be aseedynightclub.
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The area where fertile fields produced raspberries is now a mixture of abandoned factories, toxic waste, rubbish, roads, signs, faceless 1950s housing blocks and aseedystrip joint.
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Young men and daring young women could see it in recent years inseedytheaters in "popular" districts.
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Both of them wereseedyand rundown, built for a bygone age and entirely unsuited to modern medical care.
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When an area is blighted, it begins to lookseedyand goes downhill very fast.
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It is aseedyrip-off of the taxpayers by a clique of civil servants operating from the inside.
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I need only mention the diesel units which have now been running for 15 years and are in aseedycondition.
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One heavily pregnant woman was forced to pay £50 late at night, and another was forced to seek a bank till in that self-sameseedyarea.
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It is that of a man earning £25 a week and living with his wife and child in two poor,seedyfurnished rooms.
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Was the acquisition and demolition of all theseedytenements round about included?
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I had not thought of it as hole-in-the-corner orseedy.
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At this point we enter theseedyworld of accountancy massage parlours, where figures are pummelled and distorted into unrealistic shapes.
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He was in his garage when aseedy-looking individual drove up and said he was a commercial traveller.
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I would not care to think how much it has cost me in telephone calls to funny andseedychatlines in recent years.
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If we calculate the duty by reference to the rating value, it is a direct incentive to the creation of small,seedyclubs.
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