desolate

['desəleit,'desəlit]

adj.荒凉的, 荒芜的, 孤单寂寞的

a.

1. 荒芜的, 无人烟的

We saw few houses in the desolate valley.

在这荒凉的山谷里, 我们很少见到房子。

2. 孤寂的, 凄凉的

词形变化

副词: desolately | 名词: desolateness | 动词过去式: desolated | 动词过去分词: desolated | 动词现在分词: desolating | 动词第三人称单数: desolates |

词义辨析

同义:

a.荒芜的, 无人烟的

empty  vacant  void  barren  bleak

a.孤寂的, 凄凉的

gloomy  dismal  dreary  solitary  forlorn  

反义:

a.凄凉的

cheerful  joyful  happy  

英英释义

动词 desolate:

leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch

同义词：abandon, forsake, desert

reduce in population

同义词：depopulate

devastate or ravage

同义词：lay waste to, waste, devastate, ravage, scourge

形容词 desolate:

providing no shelter or sustenance

同义词：bare, barren, bleak, stark

crushed by grief

补充

desolatedesolate英:[ˈdesəlit] 美:[ˈdɛsəlɪt]adj.1.无人的, 荒凉的The house was desolate, ready to be torn down.这房子没人居住, 等着拆除。2.阴郁的, 孤独凄凉的He has been desolate since his wife died.自从妻子去世后, 他一直很孤独。 [ˈdesəleit]vt.1.毁坏, 极大地破坏War has desolated that city.战争毁坏了那个城市。2.使沮丧, 使痛苦Her death desolated him.她的死使他很痛苦。

例句

1. Dirty and ruined, it's a desolate place.这里肮脏破败, 是一块荒废之地。 2. a desolate wasteland荒地 3. a desolate landscape of bare rock and stunted scrub只有裸露岩石和低矮灌木的荒凉景色 4. the desolate beauty of the Essex marshlands艾塞克斯沼泽地的苍凉美景 5. He was desolate without her.没有她, 他感到孤独凄凉。 6. She sounded utterly desolate.她的声音听起来极为凄凉。 7. She looked desolate.她看上去很孤寂。 8. 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。 9. About 30,000 souls were swept into eternity by the ocean wave which desolated this town on the night of the cyclone.飓风来袭的那个夜晚, 海浪摧毁了这个小镇, 并将大约3万人卷走。 10. the famine which has desolated the country使这个国家人口减少的饥荒 11. Many coastal towns were desolated by the hurricane.许多沿海城镇遭到飓风袭击而荒芜。 12. coastal villages desolated by the tornado遭到龙卷风袭击而荒无人烟的沿海村庄 13. She has the feeling of being desolated by her friend.她感到被她的朋友抛弃(或遗弃)了。 14. We were desolated by the death of our good friend.我们好朋友的去世使我们很难过。 15. a desolate Pennine moor.荒无人烟的奔宁山脉沼泽地。 16. I suddenly felt desolate and bereft.我突然产生了一种凄苦落寞的感觉。 17. the droughts that desolated the dry plains.使这些干燥的平原变成一片荒芜的旱灾。 18. he was desolated by the deaths of his treasured friends.他挚友的去世使他悲痛欲绝。 19. "a landscape as desolate [=barren, lifeless] as the moon"像月球一样荒凉的景色。 20. We drove for hours along a desolate [=deserted] stretch of road.我们开车沿着一条荒僻的路走了好几个小时。 21. desolate [=grief-stricken] parents grieving over the death of their son对儿子的死悲痛欲绝的父母 22. desolate thoughts and memories伤心的思绪和回忆 23. They were desolated [=(more commonly) devastated] by the death of their son.他们对儿子的死感到十分悲痛。 24. "The constant bombings had desolated [=(more commonly) destroyed, devastated] the town."接连不断的轰炸使这个小镇沦为废墟。 25. a desolated village渺无人烟的村庄