deserts
- n.沙漠;荒漠;荒原
- v.抛弃，离弃，遗弃(某人);开小差;舍弃，离弃(某地方);逃走;擅离(部队)
- desert的第三人称单数和复数
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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
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N-COUNT 枯燥乏味的地方（或境况）
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...
他们居住的地方是坐落于一片钢筋水泥丛林中的12栋高层公寓楼。
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VERB 离弃，舍弃(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...
小农场主正舍弃他们的土地，到这里来寻找工作。
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They went off to swim in the pool, which was now deserted...
他们去一个已废弃的游泳池游泳。
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VERB 抛弃，遗弃(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...
罗丁太太的丈夫数年前抛弃了她。
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...her father's desertion.
她父亲的抛家弃子
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VERB 背弃;放弃;脱离
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...
报纸价格的上涨将导致更多的读者不再订阅。
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...a mass desertion of the Party by the electorate.
大批选民抛弃了该党
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VERB 突然丧失(特质、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丧的时候，他也从没有丧失过自己的冷面幽默。
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VERB 擅离(职守);（尤指从军队)开小差
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...
他在擅离部队之前是一名陆军少尉。
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The high rate of desertion has added to the army's woes...
高逃兵率更使部队雪上加霜。
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PHRASE 应得的惩罚;报应
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.
在书的结尾，那个孩子的真实身份大白于世，坏人则得到了应有的惩罚。
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Aeons ago , there were deserts where there is now fertile land .
现在是肥沃土地的地方在很久很久以前曾是一片片沙漠。
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Shiva is a dark god ; he dwells in the mountains and deserts .
湿婆神匿影藏形于深山和沙漠之中。
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Don 't desert me in my hour of need .
不要在我困难的时候离开我。
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Why did you desert teaching for politics ?
你为什么弃教从政呢？
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Desert plants are adapted to cope with extreme heat .
沙漠植物适于耐酷热。
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The heat in the desert was extreme .
沙漠中极其炎热。
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Her courage seemed to desert her for a moment .
她一时间似乎失去了勇气。
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I think she got her just deserts .
我认为她罪有应得。
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The wind blew in from the desert and covered everything with sand .
风从沙漠那边吹来，把一切都蒙上了一层沙子。
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The grandiose scheme for a journey across the desert came to nothing .
不切实际的穿越沙漠计划已成泡影。
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To add verisimilitude , the stage is covered with sand for the desert scenes .
为了更加逼真，舞台上铺满了沙子作为沙漠的场景。
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Somalia is mostly desert .
索马里大部分地区都是荒漠。
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The family of the victim said that the killer had got his just deserts when he was jailed for life .
受害者家属说杀人犯被终身监禁是得到了他应有的惩罚。
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‘ Lord of the Flies ’ is a novel about English schoolboys marooned on a desert island .
《蝇王》是一本关于一群被困在荒岛上的英国男学童的小说。
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Even in the desert there was a kind of social hierarchy .
即便在沙漠中也存在某种社会等级制度。
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The vehicles have been modified to suit conditions in the desert .
车辆已改装过以适应沙漠的环境。
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From a height , it looks like a desert
从高处看，它像一片沙漠。
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The paper 's price rise will encourage readers to desert in even greater numbers
报纸价格的上涨将导致更多的读者不再订阅。
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Young workers are more willing to desert jobs they don 't like .
年轻职工对不喜欢的工作更易擅自离职。
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He also wants to use the water to irrigate barren desert land .
他也想用这些水灌溉荒漠。
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The terrain changed quickly from arable land to desert .
那个地带很快就从耕地变成了沙漠。
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The army would try to hold the western desert with a bare minimum of forces
军队会用尽可能少的兵力扼守西部的沙漠。
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It is one of the rare places in the world where the desert meets the sea .
世界上沙漠与大海相接的地方非常少见，这里就是一处。
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No one agrees on what counts as a desert
关于沙漠的界定，众说纷纭。
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All round us was desert
我们周围全是沙漠。
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They live in 12 high-rise apartment buildings that sit in a desert of concrete
他们居住的地方是坐落于一片钢筋水泥丛林中的12栋高层公寓楼。
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The diamond towns are gradually being reclaimed by the desert
这些钻石城镇正逐渐重归沙漠。
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Go forth into the desert
向前走进沙漠。
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We deflate the tyres to make it easier to cross the desert .
我们把轮胎放了气，以便穿越沙漠时更容易一些。
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After the show , the audience deserts the Blackpool streets .
演出结束后，观众从布莱克浦的大街上消失了踪迹。
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