desolate的意思

基本释义

• adj 荒芜的

  a place that is desolate is empty and looks sad because there are no people there

• adj 无人居住的

  a place that is desolate is empty and looks sad because there are no people there

• adj 孤寂的

  someone who is desolate feels very sad and lonely

• v 使荒芜

例句

1. a desolate landscape

   荒凉的景色

2. Surf booms upon a desolate shore.

   波浪轰隆隆地拍打着荒凉的海岸。 (

3. He has been desolate since his wife died.

   自从妻子去世后，他一直很孤独。

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英英释义

verb 1. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly e.g. The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion Synonym: lay, waste, tow, as, ted, eva, state, ravages, cou 2. reduce in population e.g. The epidemic depopulated the countryside Synonym: depopulate 3. leave someone who needs or counts on you leave in the lurch e.g. The mother deserted her children Synonym: abandonforsakedesert adj 1. crushed by grief e.g. depressed and desolate of soul a low desolate wail 2. providing no shelter or sustenance e.g. bare rocky hills barren lands the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes the desolate surface of the moon a stark landscape Synonym: barebarrenbleakstark

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