desert的中文翻译是什么意思

desert

US/ˈdezərt/
UK/ˈdezət/

n. 沙漠,荒原; 枯燥乏味的地方(或境况)

desert柯林斯释义

N-VAR沙漠;荒漠

A desert is a large area of land, usually in a hot region, where there is almost no water, rain, trees, or plants.

  • ...the Sahara Desert.

    撒哈拉大沙漠

  • ...the burning desert sun...

    沙漠中火辣辣的太阳

N-COUNT枯燥乏味的地方(或境况)

If you refer to a place or situation as a desert, you think it is bad for people because it is not interesting, exciting, or useful in any way.

  • They live in 12 high-rise apartment buildings that sit in a desert of concrete...

    他们居住的地方是坐落于一片钢筋水泥丛林中的12栋高层公寓楼。

  • Pubs are a cultural desert.

    酒馆是文化沙漠。

VERB离弃,舍弃(某地)

If people or animals desert a place, they leave it and it becomes empty.

  • Farmers are deserting their fields and coming here looking for jobs...

    小农场主正舍弃他们的土地,到这里来寻找工作。

  • After the show, the audience deserts the Blackpool streets.

    演出结束后,观众从布莱克浦的大街上消失了踪迹。

VERB抛弃,遗弃(某人)

If someone deserts you, they go away and leave you, and no longer help or support you.

  • Mrs Roding's husband deserted her years ago...

    罗丁太太的丈夫数年前抛弃了她。

  • He has been deserted by most of his advisers.

    他的大多数顾问都弃他而去。

VERB背弃;放弃;脱离

If you desert something that you support, use, or are involved with, you stop supporting it, using it, or being involved with it.

  • The paper's price rise will encourage readers to desert in even greater numbers...

    报纸价格的上涨将导致更多的读者不再订阅。

  • He was pained to see many youngsters deserting kibbutz life...

    看到那么多的年轻人放弃了合作农场的生活,他感到很痛心。

VERB突然丧失(特质、技巧等)

If a quality or skill that you normally have deserts you, you suddenly find that you do not have it when you need it or want it.

  • Even when he appeared to be depressed, a dry sense of humour never deserted him...

    即使在他看上去很沮丧的时候,他也从没有丧失过自己的冷面幽默。

  • She lost the next five games, and the set, as her confidence abruptly deserted her.

    她突然自信心全失,接下来连败 5 局,并最终丢了这一盘。

VERB擅离(职守);(尤指从军队)开小差

If someone deserts, or deserts a job, especially a job in the armed forces, they leave that job without permission.

  • He was a second-lieutenant in the army until he deserted...

    他在擅离部队之前是一名陆军少尉。

  • He deserted from army intelligence last month...

    上个月他从陆军情报机关开小差跑了。

PHRASE应得的惩罚;报应

If you say that someone has got their just deserts, you mean that they deserved the unpleasant things that have happened to them, because they did something bad.

  • At the end of the book the child's true identity is discovered, and the bad guys get their just deserts.

    在书的结尾,那个孩子的真实身份大白于世,坏人则得到了应有的惩罚。

desert英文释义

Noun

1. an arid region with little or no vegetation

    Verb

    1. leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch;

    • The mother deserted her children

    2. desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army;

    • If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot

    Adjective

    1. located in a dismal or remote area; desolate;

    • a desert island
    • a godforsaken wilderness crossroads
    • a wild stretch of land
    • waste places

    desert同义词辨析

    abandon, desert, forsake, leave, give up

    这些动词或词组均含"抛弃,放弃"之意

    • abandon :强调永远或完全放弃或抛弃人或事物等,这可能是被迫的,也可能是自愿的。
    • desert :着重指违背法律责任和义务,或自己的信仰与誓言的行为,多含非难的意味。
    • forsake :侧重断绝感情上的依恋,自愿抛弃所喜欢的人或物。也指抛弃信仰或改掉恶习。
    • leave :普通用词,指舍弃某事或某一职业,或终止同一某人的关系,但不涉及动机与果。
    • give up :普通用语,侧重指没有希望或因外界压力而放弃。

    desert短语

    1. get (或 receive) one's just deserts

      值得受赏;应受惩罚

    desert场景例句

    The book described the adaptation of desert species to the hot conditions.

    这本书描绘了沙漠物种对炎热环境的适应.

    The men had followed desert trails for days.

    那些人沿着沙漠小道走了数日.

    The soldiers died of thirst in the desert.

    士兵们在沙漠中因长期的干渴而死亡.

    As we drove towards the desert, the vegetation became sparse.

    我们驱车前往沙漠, 沿途的草木渐渐变得稀疏.

    Defoe skilfully narrated the adventures of Robinson Crusoe on his desert island.

    笛福生动地叙述了鲁滨逊·克鲁索在荒岛上的冒险故事.

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    desert词性变形

    desertsdeserteddeserting

    desert近义词

    forsakeleaveabandon

    desert反义词

    fertile