desolate
英 [ˈdesələt] 美 [ˈdɛsəlɪt]
desolate基本释义
adj.荒凉的;荒芜的;孤单寂寞的
desolate用法及例句
adj.(形容词)凄凉的,孤独的,孤寂的,孤苦伶仃的荒凉的,荒
desolate音标
英 [ˈdesələt]
美 [ˈdɛsəlɪt]
desolate基本释义
adj.荒凉的;荒芜的;孤单寂寞的
desolate用法及例句
adj.(形容词)
凄凉的,孤独的,孤寂的,孤苦伶仃的
荒凉的,荒无人烟的,荒废的,荒芜的
惨淡的,不幸的
(地方)无人居住的
v.(动词)
使荒芜,使荒凉,使荒废,使杳无人迹,使荒无人烟
使孤寂,使孤单,使凄凉,使悲惨,使悲伤绝望,使痛苦,使沮丧
毁坏,损毁,破坏
使不适于居住
遗弃,抛弃,丢弃
adj.(形容词)
无人的,荒凉的 empty of people,barren
阴郁的,孤独凄凉的 depressed,lonely and sad
v.(动词)
vt. 毁坏,极大地破坏 cause great destruction of,ravage
vt. 使沮丧,使痛苦 depress,deeply sadden
verb
1. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
e.g. The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
Synonym: lay waste towastedevastateravagescourge
2. reduce in population
e.g. The epidemic depopulated the countryside
Synonym: depopulate
3. leave someone who needs or counts on youleave in the lurch
e.g. The mother deserted her children
Synonym: abandonforsakedesert
adj
1. crushed by grief
e.g. depressed and desolate of soula low desolate wail
2. providing no shelter or sustenance
e.g. bare rocky hillsbarren landsthe bleak treeless regions of the high Andesthe desolate surface of the moona stark landscape
Synonym: barebarrenbleakstark
The adjective is pronounced /'desələt/. The verb is pronounced /'desəleɪt/. 形容词读作/'desələt/,动词读作 /'desəleɪt/。
1. 荒凉的;荒芜的;荒废的;无人烟的A desolate place is empty of people and lacking in comfort.
e.g. ...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e.g. 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。
2. 凄凉的;孤寂的;孤独忧伤的If someone is desolate, they feel very sad, alone, and without hope.
e.g. He was desolate without her.没有她,他感到孤独而凄凉。
3. 使不悦;使痛苦;使悲惨If something desolates you, it upsets you and makes you very unhappy.
e.g. 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。
desolatedI saw them walk away and felt absolutely desolated.我看到他们走开了,感到万分悲凉。desolatingThey have maintained their optimism in the face of desolating subjugation.面对遭征服的悲惨命运,他们保持了乐观的态度。1. 荒凉,荒芜的:designate 指派,任命 | desolate 荒凉,荒芜的 | despicable 可鄙,卑劣的
2. 荒凉的,极度孤独的:lonely :孤独的;荒凉的,偏僻的 | desolate:荒凉的,极度孤独的 | ★threaten v. 威胁
3. 荒凉的:control 控制 | desolate 荒凉的 | destruction 破坏,毁灭
4. 地方--无人居住,荒无人烟的:desolate : 荒凉的, 极度孤独的(与人相连时) | desolate 地方--无人居住, 荒无人烟的 | ★threaten v 威胁的
常用例句
用作形容词(adj.)
Surf booms upon a desolate shore.波浪轰隆隆地拍打着荒凉的海岸。
用作动词(v.)
He has been desolate since his wife died.自从妻子去世后,他一直很孤独。
To stand, like a desolate sea-bird, alone.
出自:V. WoolfNever in his life before had he felt so desolatesabandoned by everyone who had ever loved him.
出自:P. P. ReadWould quite desolate the island, and starve them.
出自:DefoeAs if the city had been desolated by the plague.
出自:C. Lyell
近义词
反义词
临近词
stark严酷的
abandoned被抛弃的
solitary孤独的
waste废物
bare赤裸的
forlorn孤独的
isolated孤立的
uninhabited无人居住的
depopulate使人口减少
unhappy不快乐的
lonely寂寞的,孤独的...
forsake放弃
vacant空虚的
deserted废弃的
barren贫瘠的
lone孤单的
scourge灾难
inconsolable无法安慰的
abandon放弃
forbidding可怕的
austere简朴的
lay waste to糟蹋
depressing令人沮丧的
dreary沉闷的
devastate毁坏
bleak萧瑟的
dismal阴沉的
empty空的
alone单独的
gloomy阴暗的
void空的
desert沙漠
ravage毁坏
depressed沮丧的
miserable痛苦的
cheerful高兴的
joyful愉快的
happy高兴的
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desolated reagions
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相关列句
Look, your house is left to you desolate.(看哪,你们的家成为荒场,留给你们。)
When plants first made the transition ashore more than 400 million years ago, the land was barren and desolate, inhospitable to life.(4亿多年前,植物第一次向海岸上迁移时,陆地上荒凉而贫瘠,并非生命宜居之地。)
I am desolate without you, my darling, o, so desolate!(我亲爱的,没有你,我感到孤苦,啊,多么孤苦啊!)
Jack locates the San Fernando Road address — it's a desolate industrial park complex.(杰克找到了在圣费尔南多路上的那个地址,是一所荒废的工业区。)
“Downtown was desolate, certainly after 5pm,” says Horsley.(霍斯利表示:“这片城区曾一片荒凉,特别是在下午5点以后。”)
He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.(他使我转离正路,将我撕碎,使我凄凉。)
The area is too desolate to have any schools or parks, so he is allowed to live there.(那一带很荒凉,没有一所学校和公园,因此他可以住在这。)
And ye, oh her desolate daughters!(而你们,呵,她凄凉的女儿!)
So desolate are the blue hills and green streams.(绿水青山却是一片苍凉。)
Debra Granik directed this bleak, desolate picture of a community scratching by.(DebraGranik执导了这部显得阴郁、荒凉的有关一个群体艰难求生的电影。)