sordid
/ˈsɔːdɪd/adjective
1- involving ignoble actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt卑鄙的; 令人不齿的：
the story paints a sordid picture of bribes and scams.
这个故事刻画了一幅贿赂和阴谋的肮脏画面。
1.1
- dirty or squalid肮脏的：
the overcrowded housing conditions were sordid and degrading.
过度拥挤的住房情况既脏乱又不体面。
派生词
sordidly
adverbsordidness
noun词源
late Middle English （as a medical term in the sense 'purulent'）： from French sordide or Latin sordidus, from sordere 'be dirty'. The current senses date from the early 17th cent.