Slum
[ slʌm ]
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n. 贫民窟，贫民区;
vi. （因好奇而）逛贫民区;
📝 例句
I'm not staying in that slum.
我不住在那个脏乱的房间里。
The family lived in a deplorable slum.
那户人家住在肮脏的贫民窟。
While he was studying, Nick had to slum it in a tiny room.
尼克上学期间只能住在很小的房间里.
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！
These children came from a slum area.
这些孩子来自贫民窟区。
🌱 联想助记
【串】slum(贫民区)的经济slump(暴跌),成为一摊slush(烂泥)
【记】※ drum-鼓声,slum-贫民区:鼓声响彻贫民区
※ slum-贫民区,lump-块:贫民区是一块穷地方
※ s-似“美女”,lu-拼音“路”,m-拼音“妈”:美女路过了妈妈住的贫民窟
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
📖 牛津释义
slum
n
1 [C] (house or rooms in a) street, alley, etc of badly-built, over-crowded buildings 破旧拥挤的建筑物组成的街道、 小巷等（里的房屋）; 贫民窟
brought up in a slum 在贫民窟长大
[attrib 作定语]
a slum area 贫民区
slum children 贫民窟的儿童
(fig 比喻) I can't stand this slum any longer, tidy it up! 我再也无法忍受这种脏乱的环境了, 快整理一下!
2 the slums [pl]
area of a town where such buildings are found 贫民区. slum, v (-mm-)
1 [I] (usu in the continuous tenses 通常用於进行时态) visit places thought socially inferior to those where one usu works or enjoys oneself, esp out of curiosity 到社会地位低下的地方去看看（尤指因好奇）
What are they doing drinking at this end of town? Slumming, I suppose. 他们为什麽到城里这个地方来饮酒? 我猜是想看看这穷地方的吧.
2 (idm 习语) slum it (infml 口) choose or be forced to live in poor surroundings 自愿地或被迫地在贫民窟般的环境中生活
While he was studying, Nick had to slum it in a tiny room. 尼克上学期间只能住在很小的房间里.
🎯 考研助记
死了（la）母”（谐音）：死了老母住在 贫民窟 sl(司令)+um(有money):司令有钱救济 贫民窟
🔁 扩展释义
*[slʌm]n. 贫民窟vi. 访问贫民区【化】 润滑油渣
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Has it got anything to do with your present research?
报告跟你目前的研究有关吗？
Oxygen is widely used in ship repairs for cutting and joining metal plates or pipes.
在船舶修理过程中，常常使用氧气切割和焊接金属板或金属管。
Her husband had built up a large business during his lifetime, and when he died ten years ago in 1989 he left all his money to his wife.
她的丈夫一生中逐步建立起一家大商行，而当他10年前即于1985年去世后，他把全部财产留给了他的妻子。"