desolate

desolate

形容词

1. 孤独的；荒凉的

中文解释：没有人居住或无人照料的，荒芜的

例句：

1. The deserted house looked desolate in the moonlight.（在月光下，那所废弃的房子显得荒凉。）
2. After the war, the city was left desolate.（战后，这座城市变得无人烟。）

2. 忧伤的；阴郁的

中文解释：感到孤独、凄凉或失望的

例句：

3. The desolate look on her face told me she had been through a lot.（她脸上的凄凉表情告诉我她经历了很多。）
4. He felt desolate after his best friend moved away.（他的好朋友搬走后，他感到非常失落。）

名词

1. 荒地；荒野

中文解释：荒凉、无人居住的地方

例句：

5. The explorer set out to cross the desolate.（探险家出发要穿越这片荒野。）
6. They were stranded in a desolate area without food or water.（他们滞留在一片荒凉的地区，没有食物或水源。）

词语辨析

desolate, barren, empty

这三个词都有“空旷、荒凉”的意思，但用法上有所区别。

desolate强调荒凉、寂寞，通常用来形容没有人居住或无人照料的地方。

barren多用来形容土地贫瘠、不适合农业生产，也可指人没有生育能力。

empty指没有人或物的空间，强调空虚、空白。

词汇扩充

desolation: 名词，荒凉，孤寂

desolately: 副词，凄凉地，荒芜地

desolateness: 名词，凄凉，荒芜

近义词

lonely, solitary, forlorn, bleak, dreary

反义词

populated, inhabited

柯林斯词典

desolate (adj.)

If you describe a place as desolate, you mean that it looks empty and sad.

例句：

1. The house stood empty and desolate.（那所房子空荡荡、凄凉。）
2. ...a desolate landscape of flat marshy fenland.（一片荒凉的平坦沼泽地景。）

desolate (v.)

If people or animals are desolated by something, it makes them feel very sad and abandoned.

例句：

3. She was desolated by her husband's death.（她因丈夫去世而感到极度悲伤。）
4. He was desolated by the death of his only son.（他因独生子去世而伤心欲绝。）

牛津词典

desolate (adj.)

(of a place) deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness.

例句：

1. The drought had left farms desolate and barren.（干旱使农场荒凉不毛。）
2. A desolate landscape of ice and snow.（一片冰雪覆盖的凄凉景象。）

desolate (v.)

make (someone) feel utterly wretched and unhappy.

例句：

3. He was desolated by the loss of his beloved dog.（他因失去心爱的狗而悲痛欲绝。）
4. I was desolated to see him so unhappy.（看到他如此不开心我感到非常难过。）

用法

1. You can describe a place as desolate when it looks empty and sad.

你可以用desolate来形容一个看起来空旷和悲伤的地方。

例句：

1. The village was desolate after the earthquake.（地震后，这个村庄变得荒凉。）
2. The beach was completely desolate in the winter.（冬天的沙滩完全荒无人烟。）

2. If someone is desolated by something, it makes them feel very sad and abandoned.

如果某人被某事所折磨，会让他们感到非常悲伤和被遗弃。

例句：

3. She was desolated by the news of her friend's death.（她听到朋友去世的消息后感到非常悲伤。）
4. His absence desolated her.（他的离去让她感到无比的悲伤。）

例句

1. The deserted house looked desolate in the moonlight.（在月光下，那所废弃的房子显得荒凉。）
2. After the war, the city was left desolate.（战后，这座城市变得无人烟。）
3. The desolate look on her face told me she had been through a lot.（她脸上的凄凉表情告诉我她经历了很多。）
4. He felt desolate after his best friend moved away.（他的好朋友搬走后，他感到非常失落。）
5. The explorer set out to cross the desolate.（探险家出发要穿越这片荒野。）
6. They were stranded in a desolate area without food or water.（他们滞留在一片荒凉的地区，没有食物或水源。）
7. The house stood empty and desolate.（那所房子空荡荡、凄凉。）
8. ...a desolate landscape of flat marshy fenland.（一片荒凉的平坦沼泽地景。）
9. She was desolated by her husband's death.（她因丈夫去世而感到极度悲伤。）
10. He was desolated by the death of his only son.（他因独生子去世而伤心欲绝。）
11. The drought had left farms desolate and barren.（干旱使农场荒凉不毛。）
12. A desolate landscape of ice and snow.（一片冰雪覆盖的凄凉景象。）
13. He was desolated by the loss of his beloved dog.（他因失去心爱的狗而悲痛欲绝。）
14. I was desolated to see him so unhappy.（看到他如此不开心我感到非常难过。）
15. The village was desolate after the earthquake.（地震后，这个村庄变得荒凉。）
16. The beach was completely desolate in the winter.（冬天的沙滩完全荒无人烟。）
17. She was desolated by the news of her friend's death.（她听到朋友去世的消息后感到非常悲伤。）
18. His absence desolated her.（他的离去让她感到无比的悲伤。）