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单词 sordidness
释义
sordidness
noun[U]
uk
/ˈsɔː.dɪd.nəs/us
/ˈsɔːr.dɪd.nəs/

sordidnessnoun[U](DIRT)

thequalityof beingdirtyandunpleasant:
肮脏，卑微
Hevividlydescribesthe sordidness ofmiddle-classpoverty.他生动地描述了中产阶级贫穷的卑微。
the sordidness offactorysmokeandhovels工厂烟雾和棚屋的肮脏
More examples
  • Theylookedup and down theriver, withitsamazingmixtureofbeautyandalmostincrediblesordidness.
  • "We must have at least one goodservant, or thedailysordidness would make youmiserable," he said.
  • Theplanswere aresponseto thedank,crowdedsordidness of theVictorianslum.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Dirty & untidy
  • -stained
  • all over the placeidiom
  • Augean
  • bedraggled
  • besmeared
  • bespattered
  • bloodied
  • insalubrious
  • insanitary
  • look like something the cat brought/dragged inidiom
  • mangy
  • manky
  • messily
  • messy
  • mucky
  • soiled
  • sordid
  • sordidly
  • squalid
  • straggly
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sordidnessnoun[U](IMMORALITY)

thequalityof beingmorallywrongandshocking:
不道德，不诚实，卑鄙
Theyexpressdisgustattheirown sordidness.他们对自己的不道德行为表示厌恶。
the sordidness of theloveofcash爱财如命的卑鄙行为
See
sordid
More examples
  • Legalization would take much of the sordidness out of thebusiness.
  • the sordidness andcorruptionofpartypolitics
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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(Definition ofsordidnessfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsordidness

sordidness
Both in the reminiscences of the old residents and in the official discourse, gundilong was widely described in terms of its impoverishment,sordidnessand maleficence.
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Who has not paused then to consider thesordidnessof human affairs and the vanity of human wishes?
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By reflecting so much thesordidnessof life, the broadcast is helping to mould public opinion; there is no question about that.
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We have been living among ugliness,sordidness, and the effects of industrialism.
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Who was it who brought up the subject of thesordidnessof money and cash limits?
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Everywhere we can see that towns are getting as large as they ought to be if they are not to become places of ugliness andsordidness.
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This is the sort of amenity one associates with pictures by artists who are determined to present thesordidnessbut reality of life in an industrial area.
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That can only come about when society recognises thesordidnessof its material standards and assesses value not for what is given but what is got.
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Thesordidnessof the plot overpowered the credibility of the characters and the film was spurned by public and critics.
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That it's taking place at a time of war only magnifies itssordidness.
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His themes come from his personal interactions with its urban milieu - its sickness andsordidness, its violence and vulnerability and all that compounds its existential agony.
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