0 relating to or similar to something described in the books of the 19th-century English writer Charles Dickens, especially living or working conditions that are below an acceptable standard -- (尤指恶劣的生活或工作条件)狄更斯笔下的,像狄更斯所描述的
The bathrooms in this hotel are positively Dickensian - no hot water and grime everywhere. 这家旅馆的浴室简直就像狄更斯书中的那样——不仅没有热水而且到处都是污垢。
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
再长的路,一步步也能走完,再短的路,不迈开双脚也无法到达。