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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.
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