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单词 desolation
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
des•o•la•tion /ˌdɛsəˈleɪʃən/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. an act of desolating or the state of being desolated.
  2. devastation;
    ruin:The desolation of the town was caused by one bomb.
  3. loneliness:feelings of desolation now that their friends have moved away.
  4. sorrow;
    grief;
    woe:their desolation at the death of their dog.
See -sole-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
des•o•la•tion  (des′ə lā′shən),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. an act or instance of desolating.
  2. the state of being desolated.
  3. devastation;
    ruin.
  4. depopulation.
  5. dreariness;
    barrenness.
  6. deprivation of companionship;
    loneliness.
  7. sorrow;
    grief;
    woe.
  8. a desolate place.
  • Late Latin dēsōlātiōn- (stem of dēsōlātiō) abandonment, equivalent. to dēsōlāt(us) (see desolate) + -iōn- -ion
  • Middle English 1350–1400

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
desolation /ˌdɛsəˈleɪʃən/ n
  1. the act of desolating or the state of being desolated; ruin or devastation
  2. solitary misery; wretchedness
  3. a desolate region; barren waste
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