desolate的中文翻译是什么意思

desolate

US/ˈdesələt , ˈdesəleɪt/
UK/ˈdesələt , ˈdesəleɪt/

adj. 荒凉的; 孤独凄凉的

v. 使不悦; 使悲惨

desolate柯林斯释义

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.

  • ...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.

  • 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.

  • 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。

desolate英文释义

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

desolate同义词辨析

lonely, alone, desolate, lone, solitary

这些形容词均有"孤单的,寂寞的"之意。

  • 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。

desolate场景例句

This place is desolate of all vegetation.

这个地方不长草木.

He looked at them with a smile both acrid and desolate.

他带着辛辣、凄凉的微笑看着他们.

Streets which were usually so thronged now grown desolate.

过去拥挤的街道现在荒芜了.

But we are headed to a place that is much more desolate.

但我们正朝向一个远比这更为荒寂的处所.

The house was desolate, ready to be torn down.

这房子没人居住, 等着拆除.

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desolate词性变形

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desolate反义词

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