cesspit
US /ˈses.pɪt/
UK /ˈses.pɪt/
1.
化糞池, 污水坑
an underground tank or pit for storing liquid waste and sewage
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The old farm house relied on a cesspit for its waste disposal.
那座老農舍依靠化糞池處理廢水。
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The smell from the overflowing cesspit was unbearable.
溢出的化糞池散發出的氣味令人難以忍受。
2.
溫床, 泥潭
a place characterized by filth, corruption, or moral degradation
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The city's underworld was a cesspit of crime and vice.
這座城市的地下世界是犯罪和墮落的溫床。
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He described the political system as a corrupt cesspit.
他將政治體系描述為一個腐敗的泥潭。