Barzah: a bad neighbourhood to begin with... it had gone from bad to worse the Friday I decided to drive through and take a look.

这个社区的情况从一开始就很糟糕，从这个周五开始变得更糟了。我决定驾车驶过这里看看情况。

youdao

Her bad cooking has become the neighbourhood joke.

她糟糕的烹调技术成了邻居的笑料。

youdao

This was also bad, but (arguably) has to be done, too. No, the worst thing by a very, very long way was a compulsory visit to the neighbourhood bowling alley.

这件事也挺糟糕，但也(可以说)是不得不做。而最、最糟糕透顶的事，莫过于必须得去附近的保龄球馆。

youdao

For a volatile country in a bad neighbourhood, that is a dangerous brew.

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