desolated

英 [ˈdesəleɪtɪd]

美 [ˈdesəleɪtɪd]

v.  使感到悲惨; 使感到凄凉; 使悲伤绝望
desolate的过去分词和过去式

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柯林斯词典

The adjective is pronounced /'desələt/. The verb is pronounced /'desəleɪt/. 形容词读作/'desələt/，动词读作 /'desəleɪt/。


• ADJ-GRADED 荒凉的;荒芜的;荒废的;无人烟的
  Adesolateplace is empty of people and lacking in comfort.
  1. ...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
  2. 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 isdesolate, they feel very sad, alone, and without hope.
  1. 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 somethingdesolatesyou, it upsets you and makes you very unhappy.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• I was sure that the tarred road would have found it out and I wondered in what other ways it would be desolated.
  我缅想那条容易辨认的柏油路，我又缅想那些已显荒凉的其他景色。
• David felt utterly desolated at losing his job.
  戴维丢了工作，感到伤心透了。
• The invading army desolated the country.
  入侵军队使该国饱受蹂躏。
• She was desolated to discover that she had lost her wedding ring.
  她发现结婚戒指掉了，感到很难过。
• Do you know how much arable land has been desolated?
  你知道什么每年有多少土地荒漠化吗？
• All I need on a desolated island is you and a palm tree.
  我只需要在荒芜的岛屿你和棕榈树。
• The negative effect of the consumption culture has affected them, entertainment, stimulate to the sense organs, profound thoughts have been desolated.
  这种文化所带来的一些负面影响也影响着80后，娱乐化、追求感官刺激，深刻的东西被冷落了。
• Then her gates will mourn and lament, And she, being desolated, will sit on the ground.
  26锡安的城门必悲伤、哀号，她必荒凉坐在地上。
• Xiao Hong's Hulanhe Zhuan ( Portraits of Hulanle) is criticism on Hulanhe City: its horrible daily lives, backward customs; uncivilized traditional powers, desolated consciousness of life;
  萧红的《呼兰河传》批判了呼兰河城一些骇人听闻的日常生活、落后的民俗传承、愚昧的习惯势力、泯灭的生命意识；
• Her death desolated him.
  她的死使他很痛苦。