[地理] desert，wilderness，hungriness ；

[例句] 他也想用这些水灌溉荒漠。 He also wants to use the water to irrigate barren desert land.

[例句] 只有乘直升机才能进入那遥远的荒漠地区。 The remote desert area is accessible only by helicopter.

absurd，preposterous，absurdity，absurdness，boloney ；

[例句] 婚姻不忠会提升领导人可信度的暗示荒谬之极。 The implication that marital infidelity enhances a leader's credibility is preposterous.

[例句] 对如此荒谬可笑的情况我感到越来越生气。 I find myself growing increasingly angry at the absurdity of the situation.

leave uncultivated，lie waste，fall into disuse，leave completely unattended to，desolation ；

[例句] 白日梦会荒废你一生。 You could waste your whole life on a pipe-dream.

[例句] 这个荒废的村庄死一般的寂静. The deserted village was filled with a deathly silence.

bleak and desolate，wild，desolation ；

[例句] 感觉这就像是天底下最荒凉的地方。 It felt like the loneliest place in the world.

[例句] 他们沿着一条坑坑洼洼布满车辙印的荒凉小路向内地进发。 They headed inland on a forlorn road that was rutted and pocked.

wasteland，uncultivated land，waste，wastage，badlands ；

[例句] 教堂的后面有一块荒地。 There was a patch of waste land behind the church.

[例句] 他为自己从荒地上开辟出的花园而感到自豪。 He is proud of the garden he made from a wilderness.

aridity，lie waste，go out of cultivation，overgrown with underbrush，desolation ；

[例句] 他决定为在澳大利亚西部人为导致荒芜的土地上重新造林做点事情。 He decided to do something about reforesting man-made wastes of western Australia.

[例句] 科西嘉岛腹地地势高企，环境荒芜。 The interior of Corsica is high and untamed.

absurd，fantastic，preposterous，grossly exaggerated，flimflam ；

[例句] 我感觉那是对我们生活的一种干扰，让人感到荒唐可气。 I felt it was a grotesque intrusion into our lives.

[例句] 你要知道，依我看，这事简直太荒唐了。 From my standpoint, you know, this thing is just ridiculous.

wilderness，the wilds，bush，boondocks，moor ；

[例句] 黄昏时，我们在茫茫荒野中扎营。 At dusk we pitched camp in the middle of nowhere.

[例句] 科利福德位置更高，就在荒野之上。 Colliford is higher, right up on the moors.

（庄稼收成不好或无收成） famine，crop failure ；

[例句] 内战阻碍着救援机构对饥荒赈济物资的配给。 The civil war is obstructing distribution of famine relief by aid agencies.

[例句] 如果有可能出现饥荒，我们应该提供帮助。 If there is a danger of famine, we should help.

wasteland，wilderness，[电影]The Waste Land；

[例句] 南极洲是世界上最後一個大荒原。 The Antarctic is the world's last great wilderness.

[例句] 他们在荒原上拓出大片农田. They opened up large areas of wasteland and turned them into farmland.

desolate，wild，bleak，gaunt，brumal ；

[例句] 感觉这就像是天底下最荒凉的地方。 It felt like the loneliest place in the world.

[例句] 我们放眼望去，眼前是一片荒凉的废墟。 We looked out upon a scene of desolation and ruin.

absurd，nonsensical，preposterous，ridiculous，fantastic ；

[例句] 荒谬的是，这样会使得购物者支付过多的钱让农民去种太多的粮食。 Absurdly, it makes shoppers overpay farmers to grow too much food.

[例句] 表面上看，他们的婚姻似乎是个荒谬的结合。 On the face of it, their marriage seems an improbable alliance.

bedraggled，dilapidated，obsolescent，obsolete，deserted ；

[例句] 这个荒废的村庄死一般的寂静. The deserted village was filled with a deathly silence.

[例句] 荒废的内城区可以廉价出售用来修建房屋. Derelict inner - city sites could be sold off cheaply for housing.

glean and collect scraps (to eke out an existence) ；

[例句] 孟买被认为是 千千百百拾 荒者的家. Mumbai is thought to be home to hundreds of thousands of rag - pickers .

[例句] “拾荒式”搜索能作为例子或课程指引. Scavenger hunts can be as simple or involved as circumstances dictate.

absurd，fantastic，incredible ；

[例句] 电影以写实开头，然后却发展成为荒诞的幻想。 The film starts off realistically and then develops into a ridiculous fantasy.

[例句] 最后，他们很多荒诞的说法都变得错综复杂了。 In the course of time, many of their myths become entangled.

absurdly ；

[例句] 但保险集团却(荒谬地)由各州监管部门监管. But insurance groups are supervised – absurdly – by a network of state regulators.

[例句] 她们那种阶级的人总是那么荒谬地容易生气. People in that class are so ridiculously sensitive.

run-down，waste，deserted ；

[例句] 他决定为在澳大利亚西部人为导致荒芜的土地上重新造林做点事情。 He decided to do something about reforesting man-made wastes of western Australia.

[例句] 我正在试图防止我的花园返回一片荒芜的自然状态. I'm trying to prevent the reversion of my garden to nature.

wild ；

[例句] 在这条荒野的小路上隐伏着危险. Dangers lurk in the path of wilderness.

[例句] 这些保护荒野的人们的愿望是把荒野区域转变成公有物. These individuals'desire for wilderness preservation converts wilderness areas into public goods.

dissolute，licentious，debauched ；

ungodly ；

[例句] 她时不时瞧瞧钟,当时钟打点时,她又荒唐地心惊胆颤起来. She looked at the clock a dozen times and started absurdly when It'struck the hour.