desolation

英 [ˌdesəˈleɪʃn]

美 [ˌdesəˈleɪʃn]

n. 孤寂; 悲哀; 忧伤; 废墟; 荒芜; 凄凉

复数：desolations　

BNC.14579 / COCA.17109

牛津词典

noun

孤寂；悲哀；忧伤
the feeling of being very lonely and unhappy
废墟；荒芜；凄凉
the state of a place that is ruined or destroyed and offers no joy or hope to people
1. a scene of utter desolation
  满目疮痍的景象

N-UNCOUNT 凄凉;孤寂;悲怆;绝望
Desolationis a feeling of great unhappiness and hopelessness.
1. Kozelek expresses his sense of desolation absolutely without self-pity.
  科泽莱克不带一丝顾影自怜地表达了自己的凄凉悲怆之感。
N-UNCOUNT 荒凉;荒芜;荒废;满目疮痍
If you refer todesolationin a place, you mean that it is empty and frightening, for example because it has been destroyed by a violent force or army.
1. We looked out upon a scene of desolation and ruin...
  我们放眼望去，眼前是一片荒凉的废墟。
2. She says the army left desolation and death through the whole of northern Morazan.
  她说军队在整个莫拉桑省北部留下了满目疮痍和遍野横尸。

noun

an event that results in total destruction
Synonym:devastation
sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned
Synonym:forlornnessloneliness
a bleak and desolate atmosphere
1. the nakedness of the landscape
Synonym:bleaknessbarenessnakedness
the state of being decayed or destroyed
Synonym:devastation

Second, his grief and indignation, including a hero's desolation and poverty.
其次是他的悲愤，包括英雄失路的悲情和贫民生活的悲惨。
Your holy cities have become a wilderness; Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
10你圣别的城邑成了旷野，锡安成了旷野，耶路撒冷成了荒场。
Let the human tempest and hurricane rage at a distance, the desolation is beyond the horizon of peace.
让人类的暴风骤雨在远方肆虐的荒凉超越了地平线上。
Nebuchadnezzar would make desolation among the people of Kedar, who dwelt in the deserts of Arabia.
尼布甲尼撒将使居住在阿拉伯沙漠中基达荒凉。
He hath turned for me my mourning into laughter, and my desolation into joy;
祂将我的悲哀化为欢笑，将我的忧伤化为喜乐。
Plant diseases, drought, desolation, despair were recurrent catastrophes during the ages.
植物的病害、于旱、荒芜和绝望是那个时代常发生的灾难。
Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
恐惧和陷坑，残害和毁灭，都临近我们。
This period of time will be initiated by the "abomination of desolation" Matt.
这一段时间内，将发起“憎恶的苍凉”。
That old man lives in desolation and poverty.
那个老人生活在孤独和贫困中。
Even though there are no flowers along the way, I can still enjoy the desolation.
即使路上没有花朵，我仍然可以欣赏荒芜。