favela

音标发音

• 英式音标 [fɑːˈvel.ə]
• 美式音标 [fɑːˈvel.ə]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• n. （巴西的）贫民区
• n. (Favela)人名；(法)法韦拉

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• A trafficker stands with his machine gun in Villa Korea, a Red Command controlled favela on the outskirts of the city on July 17.
  7月17日，一个武器贩子带着机枪在维拉狮城贫民区游荡，“红色命令”控制了里约郊区的贫民区。
• At the foot of the favela hundreds of police operatives had gathered to celebrate the day's haul; nearly 50kg of pure cocaine, which they had found buried in the surrounding rainforest.
  在贫民区山脚下，数百名警察探员聚集在一起，庆祝当天的成果；他们找到埋在周围雨林里的近50公斤纯可卡因。
• Here, a favela in Rio de Janeiro is transformed by dozens of images.
  几十幅图像改变了里约热内卢的贫民区形象。

原声例句

• In Rio de Janeiro, a famous hip-hop artist called Marcelo D2 also lived in a favela.

权威例句

• Many of the active women in the favela had been factory workers, often unionized.
  FORBES: Curfew In The Favela
• Faced with such obstacles, Brazil's favela-dwellers have taken matters into their own hands, literally.
  ECONOMIST: Brazil’s (pre)occupying housing problem
• Silvinha Oliveira, resident of the Barreira do Vasco favela, always dreamed of having her own fashion business.
  FORBES: Favela Fashion Overcoming Business Challenges

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• a very poor and crowded area of a city in Brazil

柯林斯英英字典

• (in Brazil) a shanty or shantytown