san·i·tar·y
adjective/ˈsænətri/
/ˈsænəteri/
- [only before noun] connected with keeping places clean and healthy to live in, especially by removing human waste
卫生的；环境卫生的；公共卫生的 - Overcrowding and poor sanitary conditions led to disease in the refugee camps.
过度拥挤和恶劣的卫生状况导致难民营中出现疾病。 - The hut had no cooking or sanitary facilities.
这间茅屋里没有厨具和卫生设施。
- Overcrowding and poor sanitary conditions led to disease in the refugee camps.
- clean; not likely to cause health problems
清洁的；卫生的 - The new houses were more sanitary than the old ones had been.
新房子比老房子卫生。
- The new houses were more sanitary than the old ones had been.
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from French sanitaire, from Latin sanitas ‘health’, from sanus ‘healthy’.