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desolate

adjective
/ˈdesələt/
/ˈdesələt/
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  1. (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。
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    • The 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。
    Topics Geographyc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • seem
    • stand
    adverb
    • completely
    • quite
    • rather
    See full entry
  2. very lonely and unhappy孤独凄凉的;不幸的;忧伤的 synonym forlorn
    • 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。
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    • Her 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。
    Topics Feelingsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • look
    adverb
    • utterly
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  3. Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin desolatus ‘abandoned’, past participle of desolare, from de- ‘thoroughly’ + solus ‘alone’.

desolate

verb
/ˈdesəleɪt/
/ˈdesəleɪt/
[usually passive] (literary)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they desolate
/ˈdesəleɪt/
/ˈdesəleɪt/
he / she / it desolates
/ˈdesəleɪts/
/ˈdesəleɪts/
past simple desolated
/ˈdesəleɪtɪd/
/ˈdesəleɪtɪd/
past participle desolated
/ˈdesəleɪtɪd/
/ˈdesəleɪtɪd/
-ing form desolating
/ˈdesəleɪtɪŋ/
/ˈdesəleɪtɪŋ/
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  1. to make somebody feel sad and without hope使感到悲惨;使感到凄凉;使悲伤绝望
    • be desolated (by something) She had been desolated by the death of her friend.朋友的去世使她感到十分悲伤。
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin desolatus ‘abandoned’, past participle of desolare, from de- ‘thoroughly’ + solus ‘alone’.

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