squalid

• adj.汚い; 不潔な; 下品な

squalor, filth, dirt, -id, 形容詞の接尾辞から。

squalid (adj.)

1590s, from Middle French squalide and directly from Latin squalidus "rough, coated with dirt, filthy," related to squales "filth," squalus "filthy," squalare "be covered with a rough, stiff layer, be coated with dirt, be filthy," of uncertain origin. Related: Squalidly; squalidness; squalidity.

1. He followed her up a rickety staircase to a squalid bedsit.

彼は彼女についてよろよろとした階段を上り、だらしない寝室の居間両用部屋に来た。

2. squalid ，overcrowded refugee camps

汚くて混雑している難民キャンプ

3.The Tory Party called the bill "the most squalid measure ever put before the Commons ".

保守党はこの議案を「史上下院に提出された最も卑劣な議案」と呼んでいる。

4.They live in a squalid hut in the poorest part of the village.

彼らは村の最貧地帯の汚れた小屋に住んでいる。

5.The migrants have been living in squalid conditions.

移民たちの生活条件はずっと非常に悪い。