(of a place 地方 empty and without people, making you feel sad or frightened 无人居住的；荒无人烟的；荒凉的 They looked out on a bleak and desolate landscape. 他们向外望去，触目一片荒凉。
Extra ExamplesTopics Geographyc1The house stands desolate and empty. 房子荒废着，空无一人。 The land was left desolate. 这块土地已经荒废了。 The landscape was completely desolate. 景色十分荒凉。 a rather desolate place 颇为荒凉的地方 It was difficult to imagine a more desolate place. 很难想象还有比这更荒凉的地方。 The forest was now a desolate wasteland of charred tree stumps. 这片森林现在是一片烧焦树桩的荒凉荒地。 There stretched out before them miles of utterly wild and desolate terrain. 他们面前是绵延数英里的完全荒凉的地形。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- stand
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- completely
- quite
- rather
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very lonely and unhappy 孤独凄凉的；不幸的；忧伤的 The thought that her husband did not want the baby made her feel utterly desolate. 一想到丈夫不愿意要这个孩子，她就十分忧伤。
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsc1Her voice sounded a little desolate. 她的嗓音听上去有点儿悲伤。 She was utterly desolate after losing her baby. 失去宝宝以后，她万分孤寂。 They were far from their families, desolate and frightened. 他们远离家人，孤独而恐惧。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- look
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- utterly
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin desolatus ‘abandoned’, past participle of desolare, from de- ‘thoroughly’ + solus ‘alone’.