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slum

noun
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  1. an area of a city that is very poor and where the houses are dirty and in bad condition贫民窟；棚屋区
    • a slum area贫民区
    • city/urban slums城市贫民窟
    • She was brought up in the slums of Leeds.她是在利兹的贫民区长大的。🔊🔊
    • slum clearance schemes贫民窟清理计划
    • a plan to rehouse slum dwellers安置贫民窟居民的计划
    • a kid from the slums来自贫民窟的儿童
    • born in the slums of East London出生在伦敦东区的贫民窟
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    Topics Social issuesb2, Buildingsb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • crowded
    • overcrowded
    • teeming
    • …
    verb + slum
    • clear
    • demolish
    • live in
    • …
    slum + noun
    • conditions
    • area
    • district
    • …
    preposition
    • from the slums
    • in a/​the slums
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    Word Originearly 19th cent. (originally slang, in the sense ‘room’): of unknown origin.

slum

verb
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[intransitive]
(usually be slumming)
(informal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they slum
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he / she / it slums
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past simple slummed
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past participle slummed
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-ing form slumming
🔊/ˈslʌmɪŋ/
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Idioms
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  1. to spend time in places or conditions that are much worse than those you are used to（短期）去贫穷地方体验生活，过简朴生活
    • 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让自己过得太苦。🔊🔊
    Word Originearly 19th cent. (originally slang, in the sense ‘room’): of unknown origin.
Idioms
slum it
  1. (often humorous) to accept conditions that are worse than those you are used to将就着过简朴生活；过穷日子
    • Several businessmen had to slum it in economy class.几个商人只好将就着坐在经济舱里。🔊🔊