desolates

英['desələt] 美['desələt]
  • adj.荒凉的;荒芜的;孤单寂寞的
desolately desolateness desolated desolated desolating desolates
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  • Des-carboxylated 血清凝血酶原前体蛋白
  • Des-i-cate 草藻灭
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    adj. (形容词)
    1. 凄凉的,孤独的,孤寂的,孤苦伶仃的
    2. 荒凉的,荒无人烟的,荒废的,荒芜的
    3. 惨淡的,不幸的
    4. (地方)无人居住的
    v. (动词)
    1. 使荒芜,使荒凉,使荒废,使杳无人迹,使荒无人烟
    2. 使孤寂,使孤单,使凄凉,使悲惨,使悲伤绝望,使痛苦,使沮丧
    3. 毁坏,损毁,破坏
    4. 使不适于居住
    5. 遗弃,抛弃,丢弃
    adj. (形容词)
    1. 无人的,荒凉的 empty of people,barren
    2. 阴郁的,孤独凄凉的 depressed,lonely and sad
    v. (动词)
    1. vt. 毁坏,极大地破坏 cause great destruction of,ravage
    2. vt. 使沮丧,使痛苦 depress,deeply sadden

英英释义

Adjective:
  1. providing no shelter or sustenance;

    "bare rocky hills"
    "barren lands"
    "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"
    "the desolate surface of the moon"
    "a stark landscape"

  2. crushed by grief;

    "depressed and desolate of soul"
    "a low desolate wail"

Verb:
  1. leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch;

    "The mother deserted her children"

  2. reduce in population;

    "The epidemic depopulated the countryside"

  3. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly;

    "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"

    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. We saw few houses in the desolate valley.
      在这荒凉的山谷里,我们很少见到房子。
    2. The railway station became desolate in the war.
      战争期间,这个火车站变得荒凉了。
    3. Heavy rain will wash away the soil from desolate hills.
      大雨将把泥土从荒凉的山丘上冲走。
    4. This place is desolate of all vegetation.
      这个地方不长草木。
    5. They planted grass seed on the desolate hills.
      他们在那些荒芜的山丘上撒播草籽。
    6. I felt so desolate and so angry.
      我感到异常孤愤。
    7. He has been desolate since his wife died.
      自从妻子去世后, 他一直很孤独。
    用作形容词 (adj.)
    用作定语 ~+ n.
    1. Surf booms upon a desolate shore.
      波浪轰隆隆地拍打着荒凉的海岸。
    用作表语 S+be+~
    1. He has been desolate since his wife died.
      自从妻子去世后,他一直很孤独。
    用作动词 (v.)
    用作及物动词 S+ ~+n./pron.
    1. War has desolated that city.
      战争毁坏了那个城市。
    2. Her death desolated him.
      她的死使他很痛苦。
lonely,alone,desolate,lone,solitary
  • 这些形容词均有“孤单的,寂寞的”之意。
  • lonely强调孤独感,含“渴望和他人在一起”的意味。
  • alone普通用词,指独自一人的状态,有时含孤寂之意。
  • desolate语气强烈,强调遭受损失和失去亲人所带来的难以忍受的痛苦。
  • lone较文雅,可与lonely换用。
  • solitary可指因被遗忘或遗弃而产生的孤独感,也可指人的生性孤僻。