形容词荒凉的; 无人的; 孤独的，凄凉的; 荒废的
及物动词使荒无人烟，使荒芜; 使凄凉，使孤单
形容词
1. We saw few houses in the desolate valley.
在这荒凉的山谷里，我们很少见到房子。
2. The little children were left desolate.
孩子们被抛下无人照管。
及物动词
1. The invading army desolated the country.
入侵的军队使那个国家饱受蹂躏。
2. She was desolated by his death.
他的去世使她极为忧伤。
3. The land was desolated by floods.
洪水使田野荒芜。
1. 荒凉,荒芜的：designate 指派,任命 | desolate 荒凉,荒芜的 | despicable 可鄙,卑劣的
2. 荒凉的,极度孤独的：lonely :孤独的;荒凉的,偏僻的 | desolate:荒凉的,极度孤独的 | ★threaten v. 威胁
3. 荒凉的：control 控制 | desolate 荒凉的 | destruction 破坏,毁灭
4. 地方--无人居住,荒无人烟的：desolate : 荒凉的, 极度孤独的(与人相连时) | desolate 地方--无人居住, 荒无人烟的 | ★threaten v 威胁的
1. 荒凉的;荒芜的;荒废的;无人烟的
A desolate place is empty of people and lacking in comfort.
e.g. ...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
e.g. 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。
2. 凄凉的;孤寂的;孤独忧伤的
If someone is desolate, they feel very sad, alone, and without hope.
e.g. He was desolate without her.
没有她，他感到孤独而凄凉。
3. 使不悦;使痛苦;使悲惨
If something desolates you, it upsets you and makes you very unhappy.
e.g. 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。
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1. He wrote a poem referring to it as a desolate, lonely place.
2. desolate
2. It used to be a desolate site dedicated to patriotic education, but today visitors find it has been turned into a playground.
3. Local residents told reporters that a fiery ball fell from the sky and smashed into the desolate Andean plain near the Bolivian border Saturday morning.
4. The authorities have emphasized that you should not refuse passengers because the distance is too short or the location too desolate.
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5. His body was found in a thicket of mangroves along a shallow lagoon on the desolate northeastern coast.
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6. The town is desolate today as its supposed fame has failed to bring in tourists and investment.
7. Zhang explained it to be the reason why he has stuck for more than 20 years to this " unprofitable and desolate " field of research.
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8. They also demanded for Tokyo to drop its claim to a set of desolate islands also claimed by Seoul.
9. Instead of farming the fields along the desolate mountainsides, the former vet opened a piggery.
10. It's an otherworldly sensation, heightened by a terrain devoid of vegetation and strangely desolate.
verb
1. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
e.g. The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
Synonym: lay waste to waste devastate ravage scourge
2. reduce in population
e.g. The epidemic depopulated the countryside
Synonym: depopulate
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3. leave someone who needs or counts on you
leave in the lurch
e.g. The mother deserted her children
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