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slumBrE /slʌm/NAmE /slʌm/ nounan area of a city that is very poor and where the houses are dirty and in bad condition 贫民窟;棚屋区◆a slum area 贫民区◆city/urban slums 城市贫民窟◆She was brought up in the slums of Leeds. 她是在利兹的贫民区长大的。 amenity, city, ghetto, high-rise, metropolitan, population, slum, suburb, town, urban slumBrE /slʌm/NAmE /slʌm/ verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they slum BrE /slʌm/ NAmE /slʌm/present simple - he / she / it slums BrE /slʌmz/ NAmE /slʌmz/past simple slummed BrE /slʌmd/ NAmE /slʌmd/past participle slummed BrE /slʌmd/ NAmE /slʌmd/ -ing form slumming BrE /ˈslʌmɪŋ/ NAmE /ˈslʌmɪŋ/ [I] (usually be slumming) (informal) to spend time in places or conditions that are much worse than those you are used to (短期)去贫穷地方体验生活,过简朴生活◆There are plenty of ways you can cut costs on your trip without slumming. 在旅行中,有许多办法既可以减少开销又不至于让自己过得太苦。●ˈslum it(often humorous) to accept conditions that are worse than those you are used to 将就着过简朴生活;过穷日子◆Several businessmen had to slum it in economy class. 几个商人只好将就着坐在经济舱里。 |