desolate
英 ['des(ə)lət]
美['dɛsələt]
- adj. 荒凉的；无人烟的
- vt. 使荒凉；使孤寂
词态变化
第三人称单数: desolates;过去式: desolated;过去分词: desolated;现在分词: desolating;
助记提示
1. de- "completely" + sol- "alone" + -ate.
2. => leave alone, desert.
3. => "without companions," also "uninhabited".
2. => leave alone, desert.
3. => "without companions," also "uninhabited".
中文词源
desolate 荒凉的
de-, 向下，强调。sole, 单独的。即孤零零的，荒凉的。
英英释意
- 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. devastate or ravage;
- "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
英文词源
- desolate
- desolate: see sole
- desolate (adj.)
- mid-14c., "without companions," also "uninhabited," from Latin desolatus, past participle of desolare "leave alone, desert," from de- "completely" (see de-) + solare "make lonely," from solus "alone" (see sole (adj.)). Sense of "joyless" is 15c.
- desolate (v.)
- late 14c., from desolate (adj.). Related: Desolated; desolating.
同义词辨析
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。
实用场景例句
- a bleak and desolate landscape
- 一片荒凉的景色
牛津词典
- She had been desolated by the death of her friend.
- 朋友的去世使她感到十分悲伤。
牛津词典
- ...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
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He was desolate without her.
- 没有她，他感到孤独而凄凉。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- This place is desolate of all vegetation.
- 这个地方不长草木.
辞典例句
- He looked at them with a smile both acrid and desolate.
- 他带着辛辣、凄凉的微笑看着他们.
辞典例句
- Streets which were usually so thronged now grown desolate.
- 过去拥挤的街道现在荒芜了.
期刊摘选
- But we are headed to a place that is much more desolate.
- 但我们正朝向一个远比这更为荒寂的处所.
期刊摘选
- The house was desolate, ready to be torn down.
- 这房子没人居住, 等着拆除.
《简明英汉词典》
- Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate andhim that passed and him that returneth.
- 我必使西珥山荒凉,令人惊骇,来往经过的人我必剪除.
期刊摘选
- Be appalled, O heavens, at this , And shudder , be very desolate , declares the Lord.
- 耶2:12诸天哪 、 因此惊奇 、 其恐慌、为凄凉.是耶和华说的.
期刊摘选
- The city was burnt to a desolate waste.
- 这城市被焚毁成废墟.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Centuries ago, clan struggles left Hrottar desolate and almost deserted.
- 几个世纪以前, 氏族间的纷争使贺洛塔荒芜而接近废弃.
期刊摘选
- The little children were left desolate.
- 孩子们被抛下无人照管.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- The city was burned into a desolate waste.
- 那座城市被烧成一片废墟.
辞典例句
- She did not understand how desolate her life would be without him.
- 她不知道一旦离开了他,她的生活将会多么孤单.
辞典例句
- In the beginning, when God created the universe, the earth was formless and desolate.
- 一开始的时候, 当上帝创造天地万物时, 大地是没有任何形状,并且毫无人烟.
期刊摘选
- He has been desolate since his wife died.
- 自从妻子去世后,他一直很孤独.
《简明英汉词典》
- The desolate scene in the former days has all gone.
- 异日萧条破败的景象荡然无存.
期刊摘选
- And you, O desolate one, what will you do?
- 30你这荒凉的阿, 你要怎样行 呢 ?
期刊摘选
- A stripe of gloomy grey; A desolate gesture.
- 一抹暗淡的灰色, 一个苍凉的手势.
期刊摘选
- The town has a desolate visage.
- 这个镇子呈现出一片荒凉.
《简明英汉词典》
- KJV Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.
- [新译]愿他们的住处变为荒场; 愿他们的帐幕无人居住.
期刊摘选
- Looking out of the window, the mountain and trees are desolate and hazy in the rain.
- 从窗户望出去, 雨中的山、树一片凄迷.
期刊摘选
- This dim vast vale of tears, vacant and desolate?
- 这个朦胧浩瀚的泪水溪谷, 空虚而荒芜?
期刊摘选
- A cold rain was killing desolate New York with its green icy spikes.
- 一阵冷雨用它那绿色的冰寒的雨箭,使纽约变得更为荒凉孤寂.
辞典例句