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形容词比较级
more sordid
形容词最高级
most sordid
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肮脏的, 卑鄙的
relating to a disgraceful and corrupted action
- The newspaper reported on the sordid dealings of the corrupt officials.
报纸报道了腐败官员的肮脏交易。
- The film’s plot revealed the sordid activities of a criminal syndicate.
这部电影的情节揭示了一个犯罪集团的肮脏活动。
- The politician’s sordid past was brought to light during the campaign.
这位政客肮脏的过去在竞选期间被揭露。
- They were dismayed by the sordid practices revealed in the audit.
他们对审计中揭露的肮脏行为感到震惊。
- The documentary exposed the sordid exploitation behind the company's success.
这部纪录片揭露了公司成功背后肮脏的剥削。
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肮脏的, 破败的
dirty, unpleasant, or neglected in appearance or condition
- They lived in a sordid tenement with broken windows and moldy walls.
他们住在一栋肮脏的公寓楼里,窗户破碎,墙壁发霉。
- The alley was sordid, littered with trash and reeking of decay.
- He wandered through the sordid backstreets of the city.
他徘徊在城市肮脏的后街中。
- The basement was sordid, damp and crawling with insects.
地下室肮脏、潮湿,爬满了昆虫。
- She recoiled from the sordid mess in the kitchen.
她从厨房里肮脏的混乱中退缩了。
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卑鄙的, 贪婪的
driven by selfish greed in a way that is petty
- His sordid obsession with money ruined every relationship.
他对金钱的卑劣痴迷毁掉了每一段关系。
- They made sordid demands for payment before offering help.
他们在提供帮助之前提出了卑鄙的付款要求。
- Their sordid scramble for inheritance disgusted the rest of the family.
他们为遗产进行的卑鄙争夺让家族的其他成员感到厌恶。
- She pursued fame with sordid ambition, stepping over anyone in her way.
她以卑劣的野心追求名声,践踏任何挡路的人。
- The deal was struck under sordid financial pressure, not principle.
这笔交易是在肮脏的财政压力下达成的,而不是基于原则。