| 单词 | slum clearance |
| 释义 | > as lemmasslum clearance slum clearance n. the evacuation and demolition of slums, usually accompanied by the rehousing of the inhabitants; frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > [noun] > good health > state of being conducive to > sanitariness > slum clearance slum clearance1907 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [noun] > slum(s) > evacuation and demolition of slum clearance1907 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [adjective] > slums > evacuation and demolition of slum clearance1907 slum clearing1977 1900 A. Smith Housing Quest. iii. 60 The clearance of slums should not be taken to make room for housing schemes.] 1907 E. R. Dewsnup Housing Probl. in Eng. xi. 227 Local Authorities..have hesitated to shoulder the financial burden that would result from any general application of the powers of slum clearance placed at their disposal by statute law. 1930 T. E. Lawrence Let. 19 Jan. (1938) 678 The area it occupied turned into a public garden, in pursuance of the slum-clearance scheme. 1936 T. S. Eliot Ess. Anc. & Mod. 132 We recognize that possibility in every work of slum-clearance and housing reform. 1953 E. Smith Guide to Eng. Trad. 133 The necessity of slum~clearance had to be faced. 1961 L. Mumford City in Hist. viii. 220 Such systematic slum clearance projects as Nero's great fire naturally increased the housing shortage. 1979 Punch 28 Nov. 1032/3 Ms Greer..does not establish much that is positive; but she has performed a monumental work of intellectual slum-clearance. < as lemmas |
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