wasteland

英['weɪstlænd] 美['weɪstlænd]
  • n. 荒地;未开垦地;贫乏之地
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Noun:
  1. an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation;

    "the barrens of central Africa"
    "the trackless wastes of the desert"

1. Everything was wrong, his life seemed to be a wasteland.
每件事都不对劲,他的生活百无聊赖。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The pollution has already turned vast areas into a wasteland.
污染已经使大片地区沦为不毛之地。

来自柯林斯例句

3. We shall turn this piece of wasteland into wheat fields.
我们要把这块不毛之地改成麦田.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4. They opened up large areas of wasteland and turned them into farmland.
他们在荒原上拓出大片农田.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5. The wasteland was transferred into fertile fields.
把荒地改变为良田.

来自《简明英汉词典》

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. The wasteland of the north is scarcely populated.
      北方的大荒原地广人稀。
    2. Back then, Beijing city was an industrial wasteland.
      那时,北京市还是一片工业荒原。
    3. They are going about cultivating the wasteland.
      他们开始垦荒。
    4. We dug up a piece of wasteland to grow vegetables.
      我们开垦了一块荒地种蔬菜。
    5. My friend told me that the place she live is a cultural wasteland.
      我的朋友告诉我她住的地方文化生活贫乏。