desolate
desolate
英[ˈdesələt , ˈdesəleɪt]美[ˈdesələt , ˈdesəleɪt]
adj.荒凉的，孤独凄凉的；
v.使不悦，使悲惨；
第三人称单数：desolates;
过去式：desolated;
过去分词：desolated;
现在分词：desolating;
例句
He has been desolate since his wife died.自从妻子去世后, 他一直很孤独。
Let us seek out some desolate shade , and there weep our sad bosoms empty.我们寻个僻静的地方,去痛哭一场吧.
Bands of outlaws lived in the desolate mountains after breaking the laws.成群的歹徒犯法后栖身于荒山中.
And Tamar lived in her brother Absalom's house a desolate woman.他玛就孤孤单单地住在她胞兄押沙龙家里.
The town has a desolate visage.这个镇子呈现出一片荒凉.
The house was desolate, ready to be torn down.这房子没人居住, 等着拆除.
a bleak and desolate landscape一片荒凉的景色
Growth of bushiness can person, arrive to wither of desolate Qi zero, be just moment.生长时的繁茂可人, 到凋落时的寂寥凄零, 只是瞬息而已.
He was desolate without her.没有她，他感到孤独而凄凉。
Half-ruined, hardly a building untouched, it's a desolate place.这里大半遭毁，几乎没有一栋建筑完好无损，变成了一块荒废之地。
同义词
desolate的同义词之：
gloomybarrenemptydismalvacantvoiddreary反义词
desolate的反义词之：
happyjoyfulcheerful同义词解析
以下这些形容词均有"孤单的，寂寞的" 的意思
lonely：强调孤独感，含"渴望和他人在一起"的意味。
alone：普通用词，指独自一人的状态，有时含孤寂之意。
desolate：语气强烈，强调遭受损失和失去亲人所带来的难以忍受的痛苦。
lone：较文雅，可与lonely换用。
solitary：可指因被遗忘或遗弃而产生的孤独感，也可指人的生性孤僻。
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
ADJ-GRADED
荒凉的;荒芜的;荒废的;无人烟的
A desolate place is empty of people and lacking in comfort.
例句
...a desolate landscape of flat green fields broken by marsh...平坦绿野被沼泽割裂开的荒凉景色Half-ruined, hardly a building untouched, it's a desolate place.这里大半遭毁，几乎没有一栋建筑完好无损，变成了一块荒废之地。ADJ-GRADED
凄凉的;孤寂的;孤独忧伤的
If someone is desolate, they feel very sad, alone, and without hope.
例句
He was desolate without her.没有她，他感到孤独而凄凉。VERB
使不悦;使痛苦;使悲惨
If something desolates you, it upsets you and makes you very unhappy.
例句
Their inclination to wait and demand more resources desolated President Lincoln.他们总是等待并要求得到更多资财的倾向让林肯总统甚感不快。英汉词典释义
adj.
无人的, 无人居住的, 荒无人烟的, 荒凉的
The house was desolate, ready to be torn down.这房子没人居住, 等着拆除。阴郁的, 孤独凄凉的, 不幸的, 忧伤的
He has been desolate since his wife died.自从妻子去世后, 他一直很孤独。vt.
ˈdesəleit
毁坏, 极大地破坏
War has desolated that city.战争毁坏了那个城市。使沮丧, 使痛苦, 使感到悲惨, 使感到凄凉, 使悲伤绝望
Her death desolated him.她的死使他很痛苦。英英词典释义
Verb
1. leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch;
"The mother deserted her children"2. reduce in population;
"The epidemic depopulated the countryside"3. devastate or ravage;
"The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"Adjective
1. providing no shelter or sustenance;
"bare rocky hills""barren lands""the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes""the desolate surface of the moon""a stark landscape"2. pitiable in circumstances especially through abandonment;
"desolate and despairing""left forlorn"3. crushed by grief;
"depressed and desolate of soul""a low desolate wail"4. made uninhabitable;
"upon this blasted heath"- Shakespeare"a wasted landscape"
