cesspit

noun

1. （覆盖的）粪池，污水坑，垃圾坑
   a covered hole or container in the ground for collecting waste from a building, especially from the toilets
2. 藏污纳垢的场所
   a place where dishonest or immoral people gather
   1. a cesspit of corruption
      堕落腐化的渊薮

1. 污水坑;污水池;化粪池
   A cesspit is a hole or tank in the ground into which waste water and sewage flow.

1. He added that he only learned that Libor was a 'cesspit' when the investigations that led to Barclays's settlement turned up emails documenting the attempted manipulation.
   他还说，在最终让巴克莱达成和解的那些调查找到了记录操纵Libor企图的电子邮件时，自己才得知Libor原来是个污水坑。
2. Archaeologists believe they are on the cusp of shedding new light on the life of William Shakespeare – by digging up what may have been the playwright's cesspit.
   为探究英国戏剧大师威廉·莎士比亚生活的方面，考古学家们日前开始发掘这位剧作家故居的垃圾池。
3. The security services are rumoured to run all manner of criminal activities; the army is a cesspit of graft.
   谣传称安全部门是进行各种各样犯罪活动的机构；军队是滋生以权谋私的温床。
4. It was a kind of cesspit constantly seething with smallpox and bubonic plague.
   那里，几乎可以说曾经是天花和黑死病生生不息的污水坑。
5. But we cannot relegate computer games to the cesspit of pop culture solely on the evidence of the current crop of games.
   可是，咱们不能由于这个行业现有的水平，而直接把电脑游戏一脚踹进流行文化的泥潭里。

noun

1. a covered cistern

   Synonym:    cesspoolsinksump