单词 | sleaze |
释义 | sleazeWord family nounsleazesleazinesssleazeballadverbsleazilyadjectivesleazy sleaze /sliːz/ noun 1 [uncountableU]BAD BEHAVIOUR OR ACTIONS immoral behaviour, especially involving sex or lies 不道德行为;卑劣行为〔尤涉及性或欺诈〕 Many people are tired of all the sleaze on TV. 许多人都厌倦了电视上这些乌烟瘴气的东西。 sleaze and corruption in politics 政治上的肮脏和腐败 2. (also sleazebag, sleazebucket) [countableC] American EnglishAmE informal someone who behaves in an immoral or dishonest way 卑劣的人;奸诈的人 Examples from the Corpus sleaze• Left and right have both been smeared by sleaze.• More importantly, Cohn is a New York romantic who really has a passion for sleaze.• All he was saying is give sleaze a chance.• The allegations of sleaze against the couple have serious implications for President Jacques Chirac's chances of being re-elected in 2002.• But in the category of sleaze, it was one of the biggest.• But his night of sleaze in Bangkok plunges him into a different league.• Basically, the public has grown weary of a party that has seen its share of political sleaze scandals.• Can you imagine taking a cab to that sleaze street?• Many citizens are tired of all the sleaze on TV. From Longman Business Dictionary sleazesleaze /sliːz/ noun [uncountableU] immoral behaviour, especially involving money or sex The government created a standing committee to investigate allegations of sleaze. —sleazy adjectiveadj sleazy dealings with cash payments in brown envelopes (1900-2000) sleazy |
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