cesspit

英 [ˈsespɪt]

美 [ˈsespɪt]

n.  (覆盖的)粪池，污水坑，垃圾坑; 藏污纳垢的场所

复数：cesspits　

TEM8

BNC.39712

牛津词典

noun

• （覆盖的）粪池，污水坑，垃圾坑
  a covered hole or container in the ground for collecting waste from a building, especially from the toilets
• 藏污纳垢的场所
  a place where dishonest or immoral people gather
  1. a cesspit of corruption
     堕落腐化的渊薮

柯林斯词典

• 污水坑;污水池;化粪池
  Acesspitis a hole or tank in the ground into which waste water and sewage flow.

英英释义

noun

• a covered cistern
  Synonym:cesspoolsinksump

双语例句

• He added that he only learned that Libor was a 'cesspit' when the investigations that led to Barclays's settlement turned up emails documenting the attempted manipulation.
  他还说，在最终让巴克莱达成和解的那些调查找到了记录操纵Libor企图的电子邮件时，自己才得知Libor原来是个污水坑。
• It was a kind of cesspit constantly seething with smallpox and bubonic plague.
  那里，几乎可以说曾经是天花和黑死病生生不息的污水坑。
• Archaeologists believe they are on the cusp of shedding new light on the life of William Shakespeare – by digging up what may have been the playwright's cesspit.
  为探究英国戏剧大师威廉·莎士比亚生活的方面，考古学家们日前开始发掘这位剧作家故居的垃圾池。
• The security services are rumoured to run all manner of criminal activities; the army is a cesspit of graft.
  谣传称安全部门是进行各种各样犯罪活动的机构；军队是滋生以权谋私的温床。
• But we cannot relegate computer games to the cesspit of pop culture solely on the evidence of the current crop of games.
  可是，咱们不能由于这个行业现有的水平，而直接把电脑游戏一脚踹进流行文化的泥潭里。