sordid

• adj.汚い; 下劣な; 儲かる; くすんだ色

ラテン語のsordere「汚れる」から、sordes「汚い、不潔な」から、PIE*swordo「黒い、汚い」から、語源 swarthy「暗い」と同じ。

sordid (adj.)

early 15c., "festering," from Latin sordidus "dirty, filthy, foul, vile, mean, base," from sordere "be dirty, be shabby," related to sordes "dirt, filth," from PIE *swrd-e-, from root *swordo- "black, dirty" (cognates: Old English sweart "black"). Sense of "foul, low, mean" first recorded 1610s. Related: Sordidly; sordidness.

1. She listened to Kate 'sexplanation of the sordid affair.

彼女はケイトがこのスキャンダルについてどのように説明しているか聞いた。

2.It was a shock to discover the truth about his sordid past.

彼の過去の醜行が発見された時、人々はショックを受けた。

3.The huts they lived in were sordid and filthy beyond belief.

彼らが住んでいる小さな部屋は尋常ではないほど汚い。

4.I 've washed my hands of the whole sordid business.

そんな汚いことはもうやめた。

5.He depicts the sordid and vulgar sides of life exclusively.

彼は人生の汚れと俗っぽい一面だけを描いている。