sleazy
英 ['sliːzi] 美 ['sliːzi]
adj.质地薄的；肮脏的；低廉的；低劣的
◉词源
“Sleazy”可能源自17世纪英语，最初指“薄而粗糙的织物”，可能与“slesie”（来自西里西亚地区的纺织品）相关。19世纪进入英语俚语，演变为形容“低劣的、肮脏的”或“道德败坏的”，常用于描述人、行为或场所的低俗或不可靠。
◉外刊例句
·《The New York Times》 (2025年6月10日)
The sleazy bar was known for trouble.
这家肮脏的酒吧以麻烦闻名。
·《The Guardian》 (2024年11月15日)
His sleazy tactics angered the team.
他的卑劣策略激怒了团队。
◉经典名著
·《了不起的盖茨比》（The Great Gatsby） by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1925)
His sleazy dealings tainted his reputation.
他的肮脏交易玷污了他的名声。
·《麦田里的守望者》（The Catcher in the Rye） by J.D. Salinger (1951)
The hotel felt sleazy and depressing.
这家旅馆感觉肮脏又压抑。
◉Usage Examples
(1) They took me to a sleazy back-street hotel.
(2) Her sleazy gossip was very off-putting.
(1) 他们把我带到一个后街的肮脏的旅馆。
(2) 她那低级的闲话令人倒胃口。
◉Usage Notes
Something that is sleazy is low and nasty. It’s a perfect word to describe characters like the sleazy door-to-door con men who cheat old ladies into selling them their jewelry at a deep discount.
Sleazy originally meant flimsy, but nowadays it’s only used to describe morally degraded people or places. Usually it refers to sexual behavior, but it is often associated with people trying to swindle others as well. It’s not as bad as perverse or criminal, which suggest that a line has been crossed. But sleazy people make you feel uncomfortable, for sure.
◉柯林斯词典
1. [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]肮脏的；破落失修的；不体面的 If you describe a place as sleazy, you dislike it because it looks dirty and badly cared for, and not respectable. [disapproval] [INFORMAL 非正式]
① ...sleazy bars.
破破烂烂的酒吧
② ...sleazy cinemas in London's Soho...
伦敦Soho区破落的电影院
③ Downstairs in the windowless basement, where the real work is done, it is sleazy and sweaty.
工作实际上在楼下没有窗户的地下室里完成，又脏又累。
2. [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]低级的；低俗的 If you describe something or someone as sleazy, you disapprove of them because you think they are not respectable and are rather disgusting. [disapproval] [INFORMAL 非正式]
① ...sex shops and sleazy magazines.
性用品商店和粗俗低级的杂志
② ...a sleazy fellow...
下流的家伙
③ The accusations are making the government's conduct appear increasingly sleazy.
这些指控让政府的行为显得越发不光彩了。