slum

noun

1. 贫民窟；棚屋区
   an area of a city that is very poor and where the houses are dirty and in bad condition
   1. a slum area
      贫民区
   2. city/urban slums
      城市贫民窟
   3. She was brought up in the slums of Leeds.
      她是在利兹的贫民区长大的。

verb

1. （短期）去贫穷地方，过简朴生活
   to spend time in places or conditions that are much worse than those you are used to
   1. 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显得寒酸。

1. N-COUNT 贫民区;贫民窟
   A slum is an area of a city where living conditions are very bad and where the houses are in bad condition.
   1. ...a slum area of St Louis.
      圣路易斯的贫民区
   2. ...inner-city slums in the old cities of the north and east.
      北部和东部老城市里的市中心贫民区
2. VERB 逛贫民窟;体验下层社会的生活
   If someone is slumming it or is slumming, they are spending time in a place or in conditions that are at a much lower social level than they are used to.
   1. ...rich kids slumming it.
      体验下层社会生活的有钱人的孩子
   2. ...aristocratic types who enjoyed slumming around in musty old Scottish castles.
      喜欢在发霉的苏格兰古堡里体验苦日子的贵族阶层

1. The slum is to be dynamited.
   贫民窟要被炸掉了。
2. Then the depression had thrown almost everybody out of work and the jerry-built houses had been neglected, and as rudolph's mother complained, the entire town had become a single slum.
   接着，经济萧条差不多使所有的人都失了业，那些偷工减料盖成的房子也都无人照料；正如鲁道的母亲所抱怨的那样，整个市镇简直成了一个贫民窟。
3. A program of slum clearance has been approved but God knows when it will come to pass.
   拆除旧房屋的计划得到了批准，但天晓得什么时候能实现。
4. Many cities have slum areas or ghettoes, where people live in dangers or destitute conditions.
   许多城市都存在贫民区或贫民窟，在这里人们在危险与贫困中煎熬。
5. Results are evident in different sectors and all regions, including rural development, water supply and sanitation, social funds, and slum upgrading projects.
   各部门和各地区的项目均取得了显著的成果，包括农村发展、供水和环境卫生、社会基金和贫民区升级改造项目。
6. You're like a saint in a slum.
   你就像是贫民窟中的圣人。
7. This compound is starting to feel and look like a slum.
   这幢公寓已经看起来并给人感觉象一个贫民窟了。
8. It was a story about slum life in Chicago.
   这是一篇关于芝加哥贫民窟生活情况的故事。
9. For indian paupers, a slum is a home that can protect their dignity.
   对于印度贫民来说，贫民窟是他们保有尊严的家园；
10. Then you wonder why where you live is always a ghetto or a slum area.
    然后，你迷惑，为什么你生活的那个地方依然是犹太人区和贫民窟。
11. Usually poor people live in slum district.
    通常来说，穷人住在贫民区。
12. The Warrens in the eastern part of town is a terrible slum sick with poverty and crime.
    位于城市东部的沃伦斯区是一个治安混乱的贫民窟，这里充斥着贫穷和犯罪。
13. Then I will fill heaven with slum people and you will have slums there.
    那我就让天堂充满贫民窟的人，那你就会有贫民窟了。
14. In a slum, people live in abject poverty.
    在贫民区，人们可怜地生活在贫穷之中。
15. He came to know that I was living in a slum, suffering from duodenal ulcers.
    他渐渐了解到我曾经住在贫民窟，而且还在受着十二指肠炎的痛苦。
16. The building was erected by the London County Council in the 1930s as part of a slum demolition project.
    大楼由伦敦郡议会（londoncountycouncil）于上世纪30年代兴建，这是贫民窟拆除计划的一部分。
17. South Africa was praised in a recent United Nations report for its consistent political commitment to slum upgrading and provision for the urban poor.
    联合国在最近发布的报告中，称赞南非在改善贫民窟居住条件和为城市贫困人口提供便利方面，保持了政治承诺的连贯性。
18. This place is no better than slum.
    这地方与贫民窟差不多。
19. One of the winners was Slum Networking in India, which exploits natural drainage paths to provide cheaper and better quality water, sanitation and drainage systems for slums.
    获胜者之一是印度的SlumNetworking，它利用自然排水通道为贫民窟提供更廉价和更高质量的水、卫生设施和排水系统。
20. Working in the slum brings her up against the reality of poverty.
    她在贫民区工作，使她正视贫困的现实。
21. Children from a slum area.
    来自贫民区的儿童。
22. The slum area was sordid and filthy beyond belief.
    该贫民区之污秽肮脏简直令人难以置信。
23. A child who spends most of his time in the streets especially in slum areas.
    大部分时间都在街上的小孩，特指贫民窟的孩子。
24. Why not cure unemployment by a national slum clearance effort?
    何不通过全国性的消除贫民窟运动来解决失业问题呢？
25. These children came from a slum area.
    这些孩子来自贫民窟区。
26. I grow up in a slum.
    我在一个贫民窟长大。
27. People living in the slum have their own gross language.
    住在贫民区的人有他们自己人的粗俗的语言。
28. The policemen who patrolled the big city slum area that summer were sitting on a volcano.
    那年夏天，在城市大贫民区巡逻的警察如同置身于火山口上。
29. What a wretched existence the people in the slum lead!
    这个贫民窟里的人们过着多么令人悲惨的生活啊！

v.

slum it

• 将就着过简朴生活；过穷日子
  to accept conditions that are worse than those you are used to
  1. Several businessmen had to slum it in economy class.
     几个商人只好将就着坐在经济舱里。

noun

1. a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions

   Synonym:    slum area

verb

1. spend time at a lower socio-economic level than one's own, motivated by curiosity or desire for adventure
   1. attending a motion picture show by the upper class was considered sluming in the early 20th century