1620s, "state or condition of being miserable and dirty," from Latin squalor "roughness, dirtiness, filthiness," from squalere "be filthy" (see squalid).
例文
1. I find public squalor very saddening.
公共の場の汚れがとても悲しいです。
2.the dehumanizing effects of poverty and squalor
貧しい環境と汚い環境が人間性を喪失させた結果
3.the poverty and squalor of the slums
スラム街の貧困と汚れ
4.He was born in squalor next to London 's docks.
彼はロンドンの埠頭近くの汚い地域に生まれた。
5.It tells the story of an aspiring young man 's attempt to rise above the squalor of the street.