n. <婉>妓院
house of ill repute //
→a euphemistic name forbrothel
It's an ordinary day in a publishing house of ill repute.
一个声誉不怎么样的出版社毫无新意的一天。
This year the editor and deputy editor of Uwasa no Shinso (a magazine whose name means "the truth behind rumors") were stabbed by gangsters after publishing allegations that Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori was arrested at a house of ill-repute as a youth. (They were seriously wounded but are now back on the job).
The behavior of the House Republican leadership demonstrates why the Congress is held in such ill repute by the public.
FORBES: It's Time for Congress To Vote On The Illegal War In Libya