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

• They are in the creation style close to her and tend to be desolated, and due to her charm and influence she even is regarded as the descendant of Zhang School.
  他们在创作中与她气息相近，风格趋向苍凉，甚至被称为张派传人，可见张爱玲的魅力和影响力。
• In history, because of far away from the political, economical and cultural center of the country, governors of past dynasties always regarded Qinghai as barbaric and desolated area, and this situation changed from Yuan and Ming dynasties.
  然而历史上的青海地区，由于远离全国政治、经济和文化中心，历代统治者往往视之为蛮荒偏僻之地，这种局面在元明两代得以改观。
• War has desolated that city.
  战争毁坏了那个城市。
• 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？
• Her death desolated him.
  她的死使他很痛苦。
• 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。
• As a squadron leader you were sent in countless wars to leave a desolated battlefield for the following infantry.
  如一位你被送出数不尽的战争为下列的步兵离开一个被荒凉的战场骑兵营领袖。
• 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。
• David felt utterly desolated at losing his job.
  戴维丢了工作，感到伤心透了。
• Without knowing that the noisy can only make you lonelier and deeper desolated soon after.
  却不知道嘈杂的处所指挥让你们更孤独，喧嚣之后是更深的落寞。