the gutterPOORthe bad social conditions of the lowest and poorest level of society 社会最底层的恶劣环境 Men like him usually ended up in jail – or the gutter. 像他这样的男人,下场通常是坐牢——要不就是穷困潦倒。
the gutter• He was an alcoholic who has only recently gotten his life out of the gutter.
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