slum
rumah-rumah gubuk
definition
verb
rich tourists slumming among the quaintly dangerous natives
spend time at a lower social level than one's own through curiosity or for charitable purposes.
noun
However, there is still a large segment of the population which lives in urban slums and poor rural areas without electricity or running water.
a squalid and overcrowded urban street or district inhabited by very poor people.
translation of 'slum'
noun
rumah-rumah gubuk,
daerah jembel,
perkampungan yg melarat
example
The appalling social situation in Iran has been highlighted by recent reports of protest marches in working class urban areas and 'slum' districts.
'slum' dwellers
Its control of poor 'slum' areas and inner cities resulted from the chaos that was brought about by the occupation; it was not itself the cause of the chaos.
the area was fast becoming a 'slum' for the destitute
She ended up living and working with Hong Kong's most despised and poorest inhabitants in a 'slum' known as the Walled City.
As part of the activities of the trust we have started free classes for girl students from local government schools from a nearby 'slum' who come from poor families.
It made my dorm building look like a 'slum' , that was for sure.
Blunkett's conclusion was that ‘if you live in a 'slum' in a high-rise building and you are on your own with three children, the idea of liberty and freedom means nothing’.
'slum' areas
There is also a primary school at the premises run by the committee for the poor and 'slum' dwellers in the locality.
he moved from a two-room 'slum' into a local authority house
Begun in April 2003, it is a non-profit organisation with a mission to unleash the potential of the 'slum' , street and orphaned children of urban India.
The best home the family of seven can afford is this wood shack in a 'slum' .
As you can see, the Red Party has a lot of natural support in inner city 'slum' areas like this.
businessmen are having to 'slum' it in aircraft economy class seats
I think that we will live here for maybe 12 months and then move elsewhere leaving the house as a 'slum' and make a start again a little further down the road.
But ironically the former 'slum' houses are now sought-after properties following regeneration and the flats have become increasingly unpopular with residents.
It is like an inner-city 'slum' and the street cleaning leaves a lot to be desired.
businessmen are having to 'slum' it in aircraft economy class seats
It is in fact, a concrete jungle where towering high-rises, 'slums' and resplendent Gothic buildings lie next to each other.
And the scene escalates, people are rising from their chairs, the duly deputized representatives of barroom order show up… and the 'slummers' get bounced right back out into the night.
A prestigious lineage - however distant - can confer some measure of privilege despite the 'slumminess' of more recent ancestors.
These houses are not 'slums' - Prescott is currently paying up to £200,000 per house - in order to demolish them.
But these young people are choosing to live in the world's most destitute urban 'slums' , among the poorest of the poor.
Some inmates glare at the camera, assessing the artist, wondering what she is doing 'slumming' on their turf.
By-law violations that turn residential buildings into 'slums' are not the only matters the municipal courts will be dealing with.
He had seen it lying in the window of a frowsy little junk-shop in a 'slummy' quarter of the town (just what quarter he did not now remember) and had been stricken immediately by an overwhelming desire to possess it.
But by evening it transformed into a seductive siren, luring sailors and 'slummers' into a dangerous milieu of opium dens, crimping joints, saloons, brothels and gambling houses.
Historic houses were being labelled 'slums' just because they were old.
The British screen icon out-acts everyone and still comes off like a good sport while 'slumming it' in a pea-brained movie.
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