seedy

英 [ˈsiːdi]

美 [ˈsiːdi]

adj.  肮脏的; 污七八糟的; 乌烟瘴气的; 下流的

比较级：seedier　最高级：seediest　

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Collins.1 / BNC.18461 / COCA.15847

牛津词典

adj.

• 肮脏的；污七八糟的；乌烟瘴气的；下流的
  dirty and unpleasant, possibly connected with immoral or illegal activities
  1. a seedy bar
     污七八糟的酒吧
  2. the seedy world of prostitution
     乌烟瘴气的卖淫圈子
  3. a seedy-looking man
     一脸邪气的男人

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 邋遢的;脏乱的;声名狼藉的
  If you describe a person or place asseedy, you disapprove of them because they look dirty and untidy, or they have a bad reputation.
  1. Frank ran dodgy errands for a seedy local villain...
     弗兰克为当地一个臭名远扬的恶棍跑腿，干些骗人勾当。
  2. We were staying in a seedy hotel close to the red light district...
     我们当时住在紧挨着红灯区的一家脏乱不堪的旅馆里。
  3. They suck you in to their seedy world.
     他们把你卷入他们肮脏糜烂的圈子里。

双语例句

• It has also started reevaluating its once-famously seedy terminals, revamping many, moving some, and building more ticketing kiosks.
  此外，灰狗也开始重新审视以前破旧得出了名的客运车站，对许多车站进行了改造和迁址，还设置了一批新的售票亭（闪电巴士目前还没有自己的客运站）。
• He found his brother in a seedy, roach-infested apartment.
  他发现自己的哥哥住在一套破旧肮脏、蟑螂肆虐的公寓里。
• Some places were quite seedy, but I liked the buzz.
  有些地方很脏很乱，不过我喜欢热闹。
• But the bad news is that if you live in three-quarters of the nations on the annual list, you probably make your home in some seedy places, meaning much of the world is pretty darn corrupt.
  但如果你是住在年度指数表上所显示的全球其余3/4的国家里，那么这对你来说就是个坏消息了。因为你所住的地方很可能是个腐败之地。
• Nor in the very short term, will the post-coup curfew, which has already disrupted tourist plans even Bangkok's notoriously seedy red light districts reportedly shut down and night shifts at the nation's many automobile plants.
  而在短时间内，政变之后的宵禁同样不利于商业，而且已经影响了游客的计划。据报道，连曼谷臭名昭著的红灯区也已被关闭。而且泰国许多汽车工厂的夜班工人也受到了影响。
• I don't want to know about the seedy goings-on in that place.
  我不想知道那个地方的肮脏事。
• This bar has a very seedy atmosphere. Let's go somewhere else.
  这家酒吧的气氛很糟。我们去别地方。
• Desperate to see the seventh game, they pulled the car off the freeway at a seedy motel in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania and caught the last three innings.
  为了看上第七轮比赛，她们不惜一切，把车驶离高速路，来到宾夕法尼亚州普鲁士王市一个脏乱的汽车旅馆，赶上了最后三局。
• For thousand years or more the Japanese had lived like seedy caretakers watching over precious jewels.
  千百年来，日本人过的日子就好比是衣衫不周的看守人看守着贵重的珠宝。
• He looked at the captain, unkempt and seedy in his appearance, and went back in his memory through the events of the past few days;
  回忆一下过去几天发生的事情，如果说有什么人表现不称职的话，非船长莫属。