汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 乌烟瘴气
乌烟瘴气 (烏煙瘴氣)
billowing smoke (idiom) / foul atmosphere / (fig.) murky atmosphere / in a turmoil
乌烟 Black smoke / 瘴气 A kind of hot and humid air in tropical forests, formerly believed to be the pathogen of malaria / It is a metaphor for a noisy environment, disorder or social darkness
比喻环境嘈杂、秩序混乱,或社会黑暗、风气不正。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

马其顿政坛最近乌烟瘴气

Macedonian politics has been poisonous recently.

那名主管将公司搞得乌烟瘴气

That executive gave the company a foul atmosphere.

也曾在乌烟瘴气的湖南长沙呼不给吸。

I've choked on the dust of Changsha in Hunan province.

由于从洛杉矶大火乌烟瘴气,马拉松取消。

Marathon canceled due to smoky air from LA fire.

别抽烟了,弄得房间里乌烟瘴气的。

Don't smoke - it makes the room smell really foul.

而且环境也非常不错,没有乌烟瘴气的感觉。

And the environment is very good, no sense of jealousy.

“大闹天宫”变成了俗语——当家长看到家中乱七八糟,老板看到办公室乌烟瘴气

"Havoc in heaven" has become a common expression used by a parent of a boss when they return to the house of office and see a mess.

司法体系的薄弱使得公司运营处于一个乌烟瘴气、暗箱操作的环境。

And the weakness of the legal system means that companies operate in a confusing half-light.

你只会用电脑挨字,却总把程序弄得乌烟瘴气,然后对于着键盘泣。

You always type with the computer and get the Settings disordered, then you cry to the keyboard.

那么,在未来这些乌烟瘴气的大都市里,重要的包裹如何还能到达目的地呢?

How, then, can important parcels reach their destinations in a squalid megalopolis of the future?