adj. 1.荒无人烟的,荒凉的;荒废的。 2.孤独的;凄凉的。 vt. 1.使荒无人烟,使荒芜。 2.使凄凉,使孤单。 adv. -ly ,-ness n.
cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion" 同义词:lay waste to, waste, devastate, ravage, scourge,
reduce in population; "The epidemic depopulated the countryside" 同义词:depopulate,
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children" 同义词:abandon, forsake, desert,
crushed by grief; "depressed and desolate of soul"; "a low desolate wail"
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" 同义词:bare, barren, bleak, stark,
例句与用法
1.
He desolated large parts of italy . 他使意大利大部分地区人烟荒芜。
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It was sparsely wooded and desolate . 这里树木稀少,荒无人烟。
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Her tone was so faint and desolate . 她的声音如此微弱和凄惋。
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No cataclysm has desolated the whole world . 没有任何激变曾使整个世界变成荒芜。
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Her life was pale; her prospects were desolate . 她的生活是苍白的,她的前途是惨淡的。
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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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The whole town is desolate . 全城都凄凄惨惨。
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This woman now returned to her, more desolate . 现在,这个女人又回到了她眼前,显得更加孤苦伶仃。
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One by one her hopes had fallen away, and left her desolate . 她的希望一个一个地毁灭,她的心都发冷了。
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For an hour they moved along vast desolated plain . 他们在一片满目荒败的广漠平野上行驶了足有一个钟头。