desolation

[.desə'leiʃən]

n.荒芜, 荒凉,孤寂, 凄凉

n.

1. 荒废, 荒芜[U]

the desolation caused by war

战争造成的荒芜

2. 寂寞, 孤寂; 凄凉[U]

Her desolation is greater now that the children are away.

孩子们走了, 她更觉孤寂。

3. 荒地; 废墟[C]

4. 悲哀, 忧伤[U]

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:

n.废墟

destruction  ruination  holocaust  demolition  ruin  havoc  ravage

n.荒芜

devastation  waste  ravagement  nothingness  non-being

n.沉闷, 枯燥

dreariness  barrenness  gloom  gloominess  bleakness

n.孤寂

loneliness  lonesomeness  forlornness  solitude  solitariness  isolation

n.凄凉

disconsolateness  depression  sorrow  grief  dolour  woe  misery

n.空旷

vastness  vastity  emptiness  wilderness  

同义参见:

robbery  desertion  hell  

英英释义

名词 desolation:

the state of being decayed or destroyed

同义词：devastation

a bleak and desolate atmosphere

同义词：bleakness, bareness, nakedness

sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned

同义词：forlornness, loneliness

an event that results in total destruction

同义词：devastation

补充

desolationdesolation英:[ˌdesəˈleiʃən] 美:[ˌdɛsəˈleʃən, ˌdɛz-]n.1.遗弃; 荒凉; 破坏He found the old house in complete desolation.他发现那间旧房子十分荒凉。2.凄凉, 孤寂

例句

1. It can only have added to their desolation.这只能增加他们的孤独感。 2. Kozelek expresses his sense of desolation absolutely without self-pity.科泽莱克不带一丝自怜地表达了自己的凄凉之感。 3. We looked out upon a scene of desolation and ruin.我们放眼望去, 眼前是一片荒凉的废墟。 4. The army left desolation and death through the whole of northern Morazan.军队离开了, 在整个莫拉桑省北部留下了满目疮痍和遍野横尸。 5. the stony desolation of the desert.多石的荒漠满目凄凉。 6. in choked desolation, she watched him leave.她强忍悲伤，目送他离去。 7. She sank into a state of desolation and despair.她陷入悲痛和绝望中。 8. photos that show the desolation of war表现战后荒凉景象的照片 9. "It was a scene of utter desolation. [=ruin, devastation]"这是满目疮痍的景象。