desolate是什么意思？

desolate

英[ˈdesələt] 美[ˈdɛsəlɪt]

• adj. 无人的，荒凉的，孤独的，凄凉的，荒废的；
• vt. 使荒无人烟，使荒芜，使凄凉，使孤单；

第三人称单数：desolates;

过去式：desolated;

过去分词：desolated;

现在分词：desolating;

例句

• He has been desolate since his wife died. 自从妻子去世后, 他一直很孤独。
• Let us seek out some desolate shade , and there weep our sad bosoms empty. 我们寻个僻静的地方,去痛哭一场吧.
• Bands of outlaws lived in the desolate mountains after breaking the laws. 成群的歹徒犯法后栖身于荒山中.
• And Tamar lived in her brother Absalom's house a desolate woman. 他玛就孤孤单单地住在她胞兄押沙龙家里.
• The town has a desolate visage. 这个镇子呈现出一片荒凉.
• The house was desolate, ready to be torn down. 这房子没人居住, 等着拆除.
• a bleak and desolate landscape 一片荒凉的景色
• Growth of bushiness can person, arrive to wither of desolate Qi zero, be just moment. 生长时的繁茂可人, 到凋落时的寂寥凄零, 只是瞬息而已.
• He was desolate without her. 没有她，他感到孤独而凄凉。
• Half-ruined, hardly a building untouched, it's a desolate place. 这里大半遭毁，几乎没有一栋建筑完好无损，变成了一块荒废之地。

同义词解析

• 以下这些形容词均有"孤单的，寂寞的" 的意思
  lonely：强调孤独感，含"渴望和他人在一起"的意味。
  alone：普通用词，指独自一人的状态，有时含孤寂之意。
  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。
  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。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  荒凉的;荒芜的;荒废的;无人烟的
  A desolate place is empty of people and lacking in comfort.
  例句
  ...a desolate landscape of flat green fields broken by marsh... 平坦绿野被沼泽割裂开的荒凉景色 Half-ruined, hardly a building untouched, it's a desolate place. 这里大半遭毁，几乎没有一栋建筑完好无损，变成了一块荒废之地。
• ADJ-GRADED
  凄凉的;孤寂的;孤独忧伤的
  If someone is desolate, they feel very sad, alone, and without hope.
  例句
  He was desolate without her. 没有她，他感到孤独而凄凉。
• VERB
  使不悦;使痛苦;使悲惨
  If something desolates you, it upsets you and makes you very unhappy.
  例句
  Their inclination to wait and demand more resources desolated President Lincoln. 他们总是等待并要求得到更多资财的倾向让林肯总统甚感不快。

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  无人的, 无人居住的, 荒无人烟的, 荒凉的
  The house was desolate, ready to be torn down. 这房子没人居住, 等着拆除。
  阴郁的, 孤独凄凉的, 不幸的, 忧伤的
  He has been desolate since his wife died. 自从妻子去世后, 他一直很孤独。
• vt.
  毁坏, 极大地破坏
  War has desolated that city. 战争毁坏了那个城市。
  使沮丧, 使痛苦, 使感到悲惨, 使感到凄凉, 使悲伤绝望
  Her death desolated him. 她的死使他很痛苦。

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch;
  "The mother deserted her children"
  2. reduce in population;
  "The epidemic depopulated the countryside"
  3. devastate or ravage;
  "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
• Adjective
  1. providing no shelter or sustenance;
  "bare rocky hills""barren lands""the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes""the desolate surface of the moon""a stark landscape"
  2. pitiable in circumstances especially through abandonment;
  "desolate and despairing""left forlorn"
  3. crushed by grief;
  "depressed and desolate of soul""a low desolate wail"
  4. made uninhabitable;
  "upon this blasted heath"- Shakespeare"a wasted landscape"