desert的中文翻譯是什麼意思

desert

US/ˈdezərt/
UK/ˈdezət/

n. 沙漠,荒原; 枯燥乏味的地方(或境況)

desert柯林斯釋義

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...

    沙漠中火辣辣的太陽

N-COUNT枯燥乏味的地方(或境況)

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...

    他們居住的地方是坐落於一片鋼筋水泥叢林中的12棟高層公寓樓。

  • Pubs are a cultural desert.

    酒館是文化沙漠。

VERB離棄,捨棄(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...

    小農場主正捨棄他們的土地,到這裡來尋找工作。

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

    演出結束後,觀眾從布萊克浦的大街上消失了蹤跡。

VERB拋棄,遺棄(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...

    羅丁太太的丈夫數年前拋棄了她。

  • He has been deserted by most of his advisers.

    他的大多數顧問都棄他而去。

VERB背棄;放棄;脫離

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...

    報紙價格的上漲將導致更多的讀者不再訂閱。

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

    看到那麼多的年輕人放棄了合作農場的生活,他感到很痛心。

VERB突然喪失(特質、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喪的時候,他也從沒有喪失過自己的冷麵幽默。

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

    她突然自信心全失,接下來連敗 5 局,並最終丟了這一盤。

VERB擅離(職守);(尤指從軍隊)開小差

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...

    他在擅離部隊之前是一名陸軍少尉。

  • He deserted from army intelligence last month...

    上個月他從陸軍情報機關開小差跑了。

PHRASE應得的懲罰;報應

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.

    在書的結尾,那個孩子的真實身份大白於世,壞人則得到了應有的懲罰。

desert英文釋義

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同義詞辨析

    abandon, desert, forsake, leave, give up

    這些動詞或片語均含"拋棄,放棄"之意

    • abandon :強調永遠或完全放棄或拋棄人或事物等,這可能是被迫的,也可能是自願的。
    • desert :著重指違背法律責任和義務,或自己的信仰與誓言的行為,多含非難的意味。
    • forsake :側重斷絕感情上的依戀,自願拋棄所喜歡的人或物。也指拋棄信仰或改掉惡習。
    • leave :普通用詞,指捨棄某事或某一職業,或終止同一某人的關係,但不涉及動機與果。
    • give up :普通用語,側重指沒有希望或因外界壓力而放棄。

    desert短語

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

      值得受賞;應受懲罰

    desert場景例句

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

    這本書描繪了沙漠物種對炎熱環境的適應.

    The men had followed desert trails for days.

    那些人沿著沙漠小道走了數日.

    The soldiers died of thirst in the desert.

    士兵們在沙漠中因長期的乾渴而死亡.

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

    我們驅車前往沙漠, 沿途的草木漸漸變得稀疏.

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

    笛福生動地敘述了魯濱遜·克魯索在荒島上的冒險故事.

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    desert詞性變形

    desertsdeserteddeserting

    desert近義詞

    forsakeleaveabandon

    desert反義詞

    fertile