Desolation is a feeling of great unhappiness and hopelessness.
例句
Kozelek expresses his sense of desolation absolutely without self-pity.科泽莱克不带一丝顾影自怜地表达了自己的凄凉悲怆之感。
N-UNCOUNT
荒凉;荒芜;荒废;满目疮痍
If you refer to desolation in a place, you mean that it is empty and frightening, for example because it has been destroyed by a violent force or army.
例句
We looked out upon a scene of desolation and ruin...我们放眼望去,眼前是一片荒凉的废墟。She says the army left desolation and death through the whole of northern Morazan.她说军队在整个莫拉桑省北部留下了满目疮痍和遍野横尸。
英汉词典释义
n.
遗弃;荒凉;破坏
He found the old house in complete desolation.他发现那间旧房子十分荒凉。
英英词典释义
Noun
1. the state of being decayed or destroyed
2. a bleak and desolate atmosphere
3. sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned