desolate
- adj.荒凉的;无人居住的;荒无人烟的;忧伤的;不幸的;孤独凄凉的
- vt.使感到凄凉;使悲伤绝望;使感到悲惨
过去式: desolated 现在分词: desolating 过去分词: desolated 第三人称单数: desolates
de- 完全,加强 + sol 单独的 + -ate 具有...的
desolate
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ADJ-GRADED 荒凉的;荒芜的;荒废的;无人烟的
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
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ADJ-GRADED 凄凉的;孤寂的;孤独忧伤的
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。
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VERB 使不悦;使痛苦;使悲惨
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。
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I saw them walk away and felt absolutely desolated.
我看到他们走开了,感到万分悲凉。
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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。
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- cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
- The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
- Synonym: lay waste to waste devastate ravage scourge
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- reduce in population
- The epidemic depopulated the countryside
- Synonym: depopulate
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- leave someone who needs or counts on you;leave in the lurch
- The mother deserted her children
- Synonym: abandon forsake desert
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- crushed by grief
- depressed and desolate of soul
- a low desolate wail
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- 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
- Synonym: bare barren bleak stark
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Less was known about Antarctica than the moon until scientists began to unlock the secrets of this desolate land in1957 .
以前人类对它比对月球了解的还少。直到1957年,科学家们才开始揭开这块荒无人烟的土地的神秘面纱。
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It began in 1927 , desolate corner of South Dakota , as a way to attract tourists .
这项工程始于1927年,就在南达科他州一个荒无人烟的角落,借此吸引游客眼球
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She had been desolated by the death of her friend .
朋友的去世使她感到十分悲伤。
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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。
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He was desolate without her .
没有她,他感到孤独而凄凉。
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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。
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The planting of winter and spring-flowering bulbs will supply colourful decoration at a time when most gardens are looking fairly desolate .
栽种冬春季节开花的鳞茎植物可以在大多数花园看上去还比较萧索的时候提供多彩的装点。
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I felt so desolate and so angry .
我感到无比悲愤。
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It was sparsely wooded and desolate .
这里树木稀少,荒无人烟。
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Numerous factories have sprung up in this once desolate erea .
过去这一带满目苍凉,现在却有了无数的工厂。
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To carry on the work would involve living in desolate lands .
要进行这项工作,他们就必须居住在荒天野地里。
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He has been desolate since his wife died .
自从妻子去世后,他一直很孤独。
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The island was overgrown with weeds and looked extremely desolate .
岛上杂草丛生,异常索寞。
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The whole town is desolate .
全城都凄凄惨惨。
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War has desolated that city .
战争毁坏了那个城市。
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He looked at them with a smile both acrid and desolate .
他带着辛辣、凄凉的微笑看着他们。
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Surf booms upon a desolate shore .
激浪轰隆隆地拍打着荒凉的海岸。
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The leafless forest looked desolate .
落了叶子的树林子空落落的。
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Her death desolated him .
她的死使他很痛苦。
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I 've been so desolate ever since I broke off our engagement . Simply devastated .
自从我解除与你的婚约后,我一直倍感孤独凄凉,简直心力交瘁。
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Let us seek out some desolate shade , and there weep our sad bosoms empty .
我们寻个僻静的地方,去痛哭一场吧。
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The seeds rot the garners are laid desolate , the barns aredownthe grain is withered .
种子都在地里腐烂了,没有谷物好储藏;空谷仓都成了废墟
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or at the loneliest time in the park , a flock of swallows comes out and sings , their desolate song filling the space between heaven and earth ;
譬如在园中最为落寞的时间,一群雨燕便出来高歌,把天地都叫喊得苍凉;
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This is what I now feel most desolate of a Chinese New Year .
这是我到目前为止感觉最冷清的一个春节。
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One who lives in modern times . a desolate person , life , existence
现代人生活在现代的人
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I was very desolate when my mother died last year .
母亲去年过世时,我非常孤独。
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He took a last look back into the desolated room .
他回头向那凄寂的房间看了最后一眼。
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The pain was so great and my world just looked desolate .
强烈的痛苦使世界在我眼中变得如此凄凉。
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She has led a desolate life since her husband 's death .
自从她丈夫死后,她就过着孤独的生活。
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This is as desolate a part of the earth as exists .
这是地球上其中一个最荒凉的地方。
可用于修饰人或事物,只作定语。
a lone flight
单独飞行
He lives a lone life in the country.
他孤身一人在乡下生活。
A lone gull flew across the sky.
一只孤单的海鸥从天空飞过。
指独自一人的,或因没有亲友相伴而孤单寂寞的,只作表语。
She was alone in the classroom.
她独自一人在教室里。
He feels lonely when he is alone.
他一个人的时候,就感到孤独。
He felt all alone in the world.
他感到自己在这个世界上无依无靠。
语义强烈,指某人极度孤独悲伤的;也指某地因无人居住而荒凉的。
I felt so desolate and so angry.
我感到无比悲愤。
It was sparsely wooded and desolate.
这里树木稀少,荒无人烟。
指感到寂寞的或在孤单中度过的;也指地方人迹罕至的,只作定语。
The lonely child longs for the caress of his mother.
这个孤独的孩子渴望母亲的爱抚。
He has so few friends that his life is very lonely.
他的朋友很少,因此生活很孤单。
We found a lonely road.
我们发现了一条偏僻的道路。
与 lonely 基本同义,常可换用。
She felt lonesome/lonely without children.
没有孩子,她一个人感到很寂寞。
It is a lonesome/lonely spot near the canyon.
那是靠近峡谷的一个人烟稀少的地方。
指单独做某事的或无其他人、事物等相伴的;形容人、动物等时可指生性孤僻的,通常作定语。
She led a solitary life.
她过着独居生活。
Pandas are solitary creatures.
熊猫是喜欢独处的动物。