desolate的中文翻譯是什麼意思

desolate

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

adj. 荒涼的; 孤獨淒涼的

v. 使不悅; 使悲慘

desolate柯林斯釋義

ADJ-GRADED荒涼的;荒蕪的;荒廢的;無人煙的

A desolate place is empty of people and lacking in comfort.

  • ...a desolate landscape of flat green fields broken by marsh...

    平坦綠野被沼澤割裂開的荒涼景色

  • Half-ruined, hardly a building untouched, it's a desolate place.

    這裡大半遭毀,幾乎沒有一棟建築完好無損,變成了一塊荒廢之地。

ADJ-GRADED淒涼的;孤寂的;孤獨憂傷的

If someone is desolate, they feel very sad, alone, and without hope.

  • He was desolate without her.

    沒有她,他感到孤獨而淒涼。

VERB使不悅;使痛苦;使悲慘

If something desolates you, it upsets you and makes you very unhappy.

  • Their inclination to wait and demand more resources desolated President Lincoln.

    他們總是等待並要求得到更多資財的傾向讓林肯總統甚感不快。

desolate英文釋義

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同義詞辨析

lonely, alone, desolate, lone, solitary

這些形容詞均有"孤單的,寂寞的"之意。

  • lonely : 強調孤獨感,含"渴望和他人在一起"的意味。
  • alone : 普通用詞,指獨自一人的狀態,有時含孤寂之意。
  • desolate : 語氣強烈,強調遭受損失和失去親人所帶來的難以忍受的痛苦。
  • lone : 較文雅,可與lonely換用。
  • solitary : 可指因被遺忘或遺棄而產生的孤獨感,也可指人的生性孤僻。

desolate場景例句

This place is desolate of all vegetation.

這個地方不長草木.

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

他帶著辛辣、淒涼的微笑看著他們.

Streets which were usually so thronged now grown desolate.

過去擁擠的街道現在荒蕪了.

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

但我們正朝向一個遠比這更為荒寂的處所.

The house was desolate, ready to be torn down.

這房子沒人居住, 等著拆除.

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desolate詞性變形

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desolate反義詞

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