desolate

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a. 荒凉的

发音

US /ˈdɛs.ə.lət/
其它 /ˈdɛsəleɪt/

词形变化

desolated desolates 三单 desolates desolatest desolating desolating 现在分词 desolated 过去式 desolated 过去分词 more desolate 比较级 most desolate 最高级

教材释义与例句

动词

使荒凉；使孤寂

形容词

荒凉的；无人烟的

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To deprive of inhabitants.

  2. 2.

    To devastate or lay waste somewhere.

  3. 3.

    To abandon or forsake something.

  4. 4.

    To make someone sad, forlorn and hopeless.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Deserted and devoid of inhabitants.

    荒凉

    a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house

  2. 2.

    Barren and lifeless.

  3. 3.

    Made unfit for habitation or use because of neglect, destruction etc.

    desolate altars

  4. 4.

    Dismal or dreary.

  5. 5.

    Sad, forlorn and hopeless.

    He was left desolate by the early death of his wife.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 8

waste desert abandon forsake scourge devastate ravage depopulate

上位词 5

leave destroy ruin shrink reduce

下位词 6

ruin ditch expose strand maroon walkout
形容词

同义词 4

bare stark barren bleak

近义相关 4

inhospitable inconsolable disconsolate unconsolable

词源

From Middle English desolaten (“to desolate”), from desolat(e) (“desolate”), from Latin dēsōlātus, perfect passive participle of dēsōlō (“to leave alone, make lonely, lay waste, desolate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more.

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