desolate
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英 [ˈdesələt]
美 [ˈdɛsəlɪt]
是什么意思
无人的;荒凉的;孤独的,凄凉的;荒废的
使荒无人烟,使荒芜;使凄凉,使孤单;
变形
过去式:desolated过去分词:desolated现在分词:desolating第三人称单数:desolates
双语释义
adj.(形容词)
- 无人的,荒凉的 empty of people,barren
- 阴郁的,孤独凄凉的 depressed,lonely and sad
- vt. 毁坏,极大地破坏 cause great destruction of,ravage
- vt. 使沮丧,使痛苦 depress,deeply sadden
英英释义
desolate[ 'desələt, 'desəleit ]
- v.
- leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
同义词:abandonforsakedesert
- reduce in population
同义词:depopulate
- devastate or ravage
同义词:lay waste towastedevastateravagescourge
- leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
- adj.
- providing no shelter or sustenance
"the desolate surface of the moon"
同义词:barebarrenbleakstark
- crushed by grief
"depressed and desolate of soul"; "a low desolate wail"
- providing no shelter or sustenance
学习怎么用
同近义词辨析
solitary, desolate, lone, alone, lonely
这组词都有“孤单的,寂寞的”的意思,其区别是:
solitary可指因被遗忘或遗弃而产生的孤独感,也可指人的生性孤僻。
desolate语气强烈,强调遭受损失和失去亲人所带来的难以忍受的痛苦。
lone较文雅,可与lonely换用。
alone普通用词,指独自一人的状态,有时含孤寂之意。
lonely强调孤独感,含“渴望和他人在一起”的意味。
solitary, desolate, lonely, alone, lonesome
solitary独居的,独自的
desolate指某地无人烟的,荒凉的
lonely 偏重一种主观感受上的“寂寞” lonely和solitary可用以形容很少有人到的偏僻地方。
alone和solitary都用以形容一人或一事物与他人或他事物相分离,二者形容的人可能是其本人愿意如此,这两个词并无不愉快的含义。
lonesome 孤独的 lonely和lonesome指并非本人愿意如此,含有不愉快之意。
双语例句
用作形容词(adj.)
- We saw few houses in the desolate valley.
在这荒凉的山谷里,我们很少见到房子。 - The railway station became desolate in the war.
战争期间,这个火车站变得荒凉了。 - Heavy rain will wash away the soil from desolate hills.
大雨将把泥土从荒凉的山丘上冲走。 - This place is desolate of all vegetation.
这个地方不长草木。 - They planted grass seed on the desolate hills.
他们在那些荒芜的山丘上撒播草籽。 - I felt so desolate and so angry.
我感到异常孤愤。 - He has been desolate since his wife died.
自从妻子去世后, 他一直很孤独。
权威例句
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