desolates是什么意思？

desolates

• v. 毁坏( desolate的第三人称单数 )，极大地破坏，使沮丧，使痛苦；

例句

• I can never forgive anyone that desolates their children. 我永远也不能原谅那些抛弃自己孩子的人.

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。