desolate

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英[?des?l?t , ?des?le?t]
美[?des?l?t , ?des?le?t]

基本釋義

adj.
荒涼的; 孤獨(dú)凄涼的
v.
使不悅; 使悲慘

詞性變化

實(shí)用例句

a bleak and desolate landscape

一片荒涼的景色

牛津詞典

She had been desolated by the death of her friend.

朋友的去世使她感到十分悲傷。

牛津詞典

...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.

這里大半遭毀,幾乎沒有一棟建筑完好無損,變成了一塊荒廢之地。

He was desolate without her.

沒有她,他感到孤獨(dú)而凄涼。

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

他們總是等待并要求得到更多資財?shù)膬A向讓林肯總統(tǒng)甚感不快。

This place is desolate of all vegetation.

這個地方不長草木.

辭典例句

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

他帶著辛辣、凄涼的微笑看著他們.

辭典例句

Streets which were usually so thronged now grown desolate.

過去擁擠的街道現(xiàn)在荒蕪了.

期刊摘選

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

但我們正朝向一個遠(yuǎn)比這更為荒寂的處所.

期刊摘選

The house was desolate, ready to be torn down.

這房子沒人居住, 等著拆除.

《簡明英漢詞典》

Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate andhim that passed and him that returneth.

我必使西珥山荒涼,令人驚駭,來往經(jīng)過的人我必剪除.

期刊摘選

Be appalled, O heavens, at this , And shudder , be very desolate , declares the Lord.

耶2:12諸天哪 、 因此驚奇 、 其恐慌、為凄涼.是耶和華說的.

期刊摘選

The city was burnt to a desolate waste.

這城市被焚毀成廢墟.

《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

Centuries ago, clan struggles left Hrottar desolate and almost deserted.

幾個世紀(jì)以前, 氏族間的紛爭使賀洛塔荒蕪而接近廢棄.

期刊摘選

The little children were left desolate.

孩子們被拋下無人照管.

《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

The city was burned into a desolate waste.

那座城市被燒成一片廢墟.

辭典例句

She did not understand how desolate her life would be without him.

她不知道一旦離開了他,她的生活將會多么孤單.

辭典例句

In the beginning, when God created the universe, the earth was formless and desolate.

一開始的時候, 當(dāng)上帝創(chuàng)造天地萬物時, 大地是沒有任何形狀,并且毫無人煙.

期刊摘選

He has been desolate since his wife died.

自從妻子去世后,他一直很孤獨(dú).

《簡明英漢詞典》

The desolate scene in the former days has all gone.

異日蕭條破敗的景象蕩然無存.

期刊摘選

And you, O desolate one, what will you do?

30你這荒涼的阿, 你要怎樣行 呢 ?

期刊摘選

A stripe of gloomy grey; A desolate gesture.

一抹暗淡的灰色, 一個蒼涼的手勢.

期刊摘選

The town has a desolate visage.

這個鎮(zhèn)子呈現(xiàn)出一片荒涼.

《簡明英漢詞典》

KJV Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.

[新譯]愿他們的住處變?yōu)榛膱? 愿他們的帳幕無人居住.

期刊摘選

Looking out of the window, the mountain and trees are desolate and hazy in the rain.

從窗戶望出去, 雨中的山、樹一片凄迷.

期刊摘選

This dim vast vale of tears, vacant and desolate?

這個朦朧浩瀚的淚水溪谷, 空虛而荒蕪?

期刊摘選

A cold rain was killing desolate New York with its green icy spikes.

一陣?yán)溆暧盟蔷G色的冰寒的雨箭,使紐約變得更為荒涼孤寂.

辭典例句

英英釋義

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"

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(qiáng)調(diào)孤獨(dú)感,含"渴望和他人在一起"的意味。
  • alone: 普通用詞,指獨(dú)自一人的狀態(tài),有時含孤寂之意。
  • desolate: 語氣強(qiáng)烈,強(qiáng)調(diào)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(chǎn)生的孤獨(dú)感,也可指人的生性孤僻。

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