desolating
v. 毁坏( desolate的现在分词 ); 极大地破坏; 使沮丧; 使痛苦
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。
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。
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。
They 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。
Most desolating were those evenings the belle - mere had envisaged for them.
最最凄凉的要数 婆婆 给她们设计的夜晚.