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

• Her death desolated him.
  她的死使他很痛苦。
• However, as a result of former Soviet Union's influence, the Silver Age literature is once desolated or neglected by our country's commentary stratum;
  然而，由于受前苏联的影响，白银时代的文学曾一度被我国评论界冷落或忽视；
• She had been desolated by the death of her friend.
  朋友的去世使她感到十分悲伤。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The troops desolated the surrounding countryside during their raids.
  袭击中，军队把周围乡村搞得一片凄凉。
• 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？
• You sink yourselves in the noisy crowd day after day, year after year* without knowing that noise can only make you more and more lonely and deeper desolated soon after.
  却不知道噪杂的地方只会让你们更加孤独，喧嚣之后是更深的落寞。
• David felt utterly desolated at losing his job.
  戴维丢了工作，感到伤心透了。