desert是什么意思？

desert

英[ˈdezət] 美[ˈdezərt]

• n. 沙漠，荒地，应得的赏罚，功劳，美德；
• adj. 沙漠的，荒芜的，不毛的，无人的；

复数：deserts;

第三人称单数：deserts;

过去式：deserted;

过去分词：deserted;

现在分词：deserting;

例句

• A large part of the southwestern United States is unsettled desert. 美国西南部的大部分是无人居住的沙漠。
• That little store was the last outpost for motorists before they entered the desert. 那个小商店是乘汽车旅行的人们进入沙漠之前的最后一个居民点。
• desert steppe 沙漠草原
• Acclaimed as a “pearl in the desert”,the city is thriving as never before. 这个城市空前地繁荣兴旺起来,被誉为“沙漠中的明珠”。
• When will the desert give up its secrets to mankind? 沙漠何时才会向人类显露它的秘密呢?
• sere vegetation at the edge of the desert 沙漠边缘上干枯的植物
• After the settlers left, the area reverted to desert. 早期移民离开之后, 这个地区又变成了一片沙漠。
• As we drove towards the desert, the vegetation became sparse. 我们驱车前往沙漠，沿途的草木渐渐变得稀疏。
• The platoon made its way to the pre-arranged rendezvous in the desert. 这个排向事先约定的沙漠中的会合点进发。
• a mirage in the desert 沙漠的海市蜃楼

同义词解析

• 以下这些动词或词组均包含 "抛弃，放弃"之意
  abandon ：强调永远或完全放弃或抛弃人或事物等，这可能是被迫的，也可能是自愿的。
  desert ：着重指违背法律责任和义务，或自己的信仰与誓言的行为，多含非难的意味。
  forsake ：侧重断绝感情上的依恋，自愿抛弃所喜欢的人或物。也指抛弃信仰或改掉恶习。
  leave ：普通用词，指舍弃某事或某一职业，或终止同一某人的关系，但不涉及动机与果。
  give up ：普通用语，侧重指没有希望或因外界压力而放弃。

词组

• get (或 receive) one's just deserts
  receive the appropriate reward or (more usually)　punishment for one's actions 值得受赏；应受惩罚

英语六级真题

Hospital workers in at least one case deserted their workplace in panic, thus halting the administering of potentially unclean disease spreading injections, but Ebola has not disappeared.
出自-2013年6月听力原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-VAR
  沙漠;荒漠
  A desert is a large area of land, usually in a hot region, where there is almost no water, rain, trees, or plants.
  例句
  ...the Sahara Desert. 撒哈拉大沙漠 ...the burning desert sun... 沙漠中火辣辣的太阳
• N-COUNT
  枯燥乏味的地方（或境况）
  If you refer to a place or situation as a desert, you think it is bad for people because it is not interesting, exciting, or useful in any way.
  例句
  They live in 12 high-rise apartment buildings that sit in a desert of concrete... 他们居住的地方是坐落于一片钢筋水泥丛林中的12栋高层公寓楼。 Pubs are a cultural desert. 酒馆是文化沙漠。
• VERB
  离弃，舍弃(某地)
  If people or animals desert a place, they leave it and it becomes empty.
  例句
  Farmers are deserting their fields and coming here looking for jobs... 小农场主正舍弃他们的土地，到这里来寻找工作。 After the show, the audience deserts the Blackpool streets. 演出结束后，观众从布莱克浦的大街上消失了踪迹。
• VERB
  抛弃，遗弃(某人)
  If someone deserts you, they go away and leave you, and no longer help or support you.
  例句
  Mrs Roding's husband deserted her years ago... 罗丁太太的丈夫数年前抛弃了她。 He has been deserted by most of his advisers. 他的大多数顾问都弃他而去。
• VERB
  背弃;放弃;脱离
  If you desert something that you support, use, or are involved with, you stop supporting it, using it, or being involved with it.
  例句
  The paper's price rise will encourage readers to desert in even greater numbers... 报纸价格的上涨将导致更多的读者不再订阅。 He was pained to see many youngsters deserting kibbutz life... 看到那么多的年轻人放弃了合作农场的生活，他感到很痛心。
• VERB
  突然丧失(特质、技巧等)
  If a quality or skill that you normally have deserts you, you suddenly find that you do not have it when you need it or want it.
  例句
  Even when he appeared to be depressed, a dry sense of humour never deserted him... 即使在他看上去很沮丧的时候，他也从没有丧失过自己的冷面幽默。 She lost the next five games, and the set, as her confidence abruptly deserted her. 她突然自信心全失，接下来连败 5 局，并最终丢了这一盘。
• VERB
  擅离(职守);（尤指从军队)开小差
  If someone deserts, or deserts a job, especially a job in the armed forces, they leave that job without permission.
  例句
  He was a second-lieutenant in the army until he deserted... 他在擅离部队之前是一名陆军少尉。 He deserted from army intelligence last month... 上个月他从陆军情报机关开小差跑了。
• PHRASE
  应得的惩罚;报应
  If you say that someone has got their just deserts, you mean that they deserved the unpleasant things that have happened to them, because they did something bad.
  例句
  At the end of the book the child's true identity is discovered, and the bad guys get their just deserts. 在书的结尾，那个孩子的真实身份大白于世，坏人则得到了应有的惩罚。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  沙漠, 不毛之地
  Vast areas of land have become desert. 大片的土地已变成沙漠。 Few kinds of plants grow in the desert. 几乎没有植物在沙漠上生长。
• vt.
  舍弃, 遗弃
  Never desert a friend in need. 决不要抛弃有困难的朋友。
  擅离(职守、工作岗位、现役等)；(士兵)逃亡，从…开小差
  The young soldier deserted the army. 那名年轻战士从军队里开了小差。
  (在需要时刻)背离，离去，(当最危急时)舍弃(某人)，(当最需要时)使(某人)失望
  None of her friends had deserted her. 她的朋友都没有背离她。
• vi.
  (逃避责任、职责、舍弃义务等)逃跑，逃亡，开小差，当逃兵，擅离职守(有时与from，to连用)
  Many soldiers deserted during the battle. 在那次战斗中许多士兵开小差了。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. an arid region with little or no vegetation
• Verb
  1. leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch;
  "The mother deserted her children"
  2. desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army;
  "If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot"
• Adjective
  1. located in a dismal or remote area; desolate;
  "a desert island""a godforsaken wilderness crossroads""a wild stretch of land""waste places"

行业词典

• 公路科技： 沙漠；
  土壤学： 沙漠；为流沙、沙丘所覆盖的地区。；
  地理学： 荒漠；
  林学： 沙漠；
  植物学： 荒漠；
  法律： 不毛之地；