| 单词 | desolate |
| 释义 | desolate (desələt ) Word forms: desolates, desolating, desolatedpronunciation note: The adjective is pronounced (desələt ). The verb is pronounced (desəleɪt ). 1. adjective A desolate place is empty of people and lacking in comfort. ...a desolate landscape of flat green fields broken by marsh. Half-ruined, hardly a building untouched, it's a desolate place. 2. adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE] If someone is desolate, they feel very sad, alone, and without hope. [literary] He was desolate without her. Synonyms: miserable, depressed, lonely, lonesome [mainly US, Canadian] 3. verb If something desolates you, it upsets you and makes you very unhappy. [literary] Their inclination to wait and demand more resources desolated President Lincoln. [VERB noun] desolated adjective I saw them walk away and felt absolutely desolated. desolating graded adjective They have maintained their optimism in the face of desolating subjugation. Collocations: desolate land Location scenes were filmed in bleak, desolate land, not far from the site of an actual camp. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Once there, however, they are shocked to find themselves in a desolate land, the complete opposite of their expectations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He cleans his puppet's muddy face with utmost care and devotion and starts walking away to some desolate land. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The curious disappearance of the previous ghostwriter and the desolate landscape are early indicators of the grim revelations to follow. Times, Sunday Times Wandering souls meet in a desolate landscape (sandy floor, a blasted tree), a place at the end of everywhere. Times, Sunday Times The diary describes a desolate landscape flayed by coal pits and furnaces. Times, Sunday Times The bleak, often desolate landscape, flat and unrelenting, flashed past the window of the vehicle taking me on a journey into history and an examination of the human spirit. Times, Sunday Times The beautiful, desolate landscape dominates every scene and shapes the character of its inhabitants. Times, Sunday Times When they get into a boat and cast off for a desolate place of retreat, the crowd ran ahead to meet them on the other side. Christianity Today Yet the whole world, for a while, became a desolate place. Times, Sunday Times She described it as 'the most desolate place on earth' and used it as a location in her famous novel. Times, Sunday Times I love this bleak and desolate place. Times, Sunday Times If we're not going to be in a position to stop it and global warming happens, the effects could mean we end up in this desolate place. The Sun Situated in a desolate region, the village grew slowly. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Communities grew up in what had once been a desolate region. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 One of the goals of the project was to have safe stopover points for carriages in the desolate region. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Now the road turns north-northwest, soon passing near a second peak (2,375ft) before delivering me, four miles later, to a desolate spot. Times, Sunday Times It was a desolate spot. Times, Sunday Times The most vivid imagination could not have conceived a more desolate spot than this was in the summer of 1902. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 荒凉的 Japanese: 荒廃した |
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