英 [ˈdezət] 美 [ˈdezərt]
n. 沙漠，荒漠；荒凉的地方；应得的赏罚
v. 离弃，舍弃（某地）；抛弃，遗弃（某人）；背弃，放弃；擅离，开小差；突然丧失
adj. 无人居住的，荒凉的；像沙漠的
复数deserts
第三人称单数deserts
现在分词deserting
过去式deserted
过去分词deserted
desert // CET4 TEM4 [ deserting deserted deserts ]
有变体名词 A desert is a large area of land, usually in a hot region, where there is almost no water, rain, trees, or plants. 沙漠
...the Sahara Desert.
…撒哈拉沙漠。
及物动词 If people or animals desert a place, they leave it and it becomes empty. 遗弃
Poor farmers are deserting their parched farm fields and coming here looking for jobs.
贫穷的农民丢下干旱的农田，来这里寻找工作。
形容词 被遗弃的
She led them into a deserted sidestreet.
她领他们来到一条废弃的小巷。
及物动词 If someone deserts you, they go away and leave you, and no longer help or support you. 抛弃
Mrs. Roding's husband deserted her years ago.
罗丁太太的丈夫数年前抛弃了她。
有变体名词 遗弃
It was a long time since she'd referred to her father's desertion.
自从她谈到被父亲遗弃已经很长时间了。
及物动词/不及物动词 If you desert something that you support, use, or are involved with, you stop supporting it, using it, or being involved with it. 放弃
The sport is being written off as boring and predictable and the fans are deserting in droves.
这项运动因为枯燥且易于预测而不再吸引人，爱好者们正成批地退出。
He was pained to see many youngsters deserting kibbutz life.
他痛心地看到许多年轻人放弃集体农场生活。
有变体名词 放弃
They blamed his proposal for much of the mass desertion by the Republican electorate.
他们把共和党选民的大批离弃主要原因归咎于他的提议。
及物动词/不及物动词 If someone deserts, or deserts a job, especially a job in the armed forces, they leave that job without permission. 开小差
He was a second lieutenant in the army until he deserted.
他在开小差之前是个少尉。
He deserted from army intelligence last month.
他上个月从军队情报部门开了小差。
习语 If you say that someone got their just deserts, you mean that they deserved the unpleasant things that happened to them, because they did something bad. 应受的惩罚
At the end of the book the child's true identity is discovered, and the bad guys get their just deserts.
在书的结尾，这孩子的真实身份被揭开了，那些坏人也受到了应有的惩罚。
arid land with little or no vegetation
desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot
同义词： defect
- 荒漠(desert)是地球上最耐旱的,它是由超旱生的灌木、半灌木或半乔木占优势的地上不郁闭的一类生物群落,主要分布于亚热带干旱区,往北可延伸到温...
forsake；desert v.离开（某人、某物或某地）而不返回;遗弃;抛弃;离弃 （2）…sth.
forsake；desert v.离开（某人、某物或某地）而不返回;遗弃;抛弃;离弃 （2）…sth.
deservedly 理所当然地；应得报酬地
遗弃；开小差；逃掉
Somalia is mostly desert.
索马里大部分地区都是荒漠。
The heat in the desert was extreme.
沙漠中极其炎热。
They drove 600 miles across the desert.
他们驱车600英里横穿沙漠。
A major reason is that the dunes bury any plants in their way as they move across the desert.
VOA : special.2010.01.04
That's why hermeneutics gradually moved I should say, it didn't desert religion, but it expanded--to the study of the law.
因此诠释学从宗教领域转移到了,应该说，它没有离开宗教，而是延伸到了法学领域。
文学理论导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
The dietary laws are presented by the priests not as a sensible way to avoid various diseases that are caused by the lack of refrigeration in the desert.
饮食教规并不是被祭司们,并不是作为一个规避疾病的方法出现的,这些疾病是由于沙漠地区缺水造成的。
旧约导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
In recent years, a shining city grew in the desert of Dubai on and even off -- the Gulf coast.
VOA : special.2009.12.04
She wanted to fly with the Army to North Africa, where the allies were fighting German troops in the desert.
VOA : special.2009.05.17
The reality is that the sustainability of this fragile desert environment is a huge concern.
The article 'The Negev desert wine route' was published in partnership with Lonely Planet.
Then he had trudged from oasis to oasis round the Taklamakan Desert to Kashgar.