英 [ˈdesələt] 美 [ˈdesələt]
adj. 荒无人烟的，荒凉的；凄凉的，孤独忧伤的
v. 使悲痛欲绝，使孤独凄凉；使荒凉，使成废墟
第三人称单数desolates
现在分词desolating
过去式desolated
过去分词desolated
比较级more desolate
最高级most desolate
desolate /ˈdɛsəlɪt/ CET6+ TEM4
形容词 A desolate place is empty of people and lacking in comfort. 荒凉的
...a desolate landscape of flat green fields.
…一片荒凉平坦的绿地景观。
形容词 If someone is desolate, they feel very sad, alone, and without hope. 感到凄凉的
He was desolate without her.
没有她，他感到很凄凉。
reduce in population
同义词： depopulate
devastate or ravage
同义词： lay waste to / waste / devastate / ravage / scourge
crushed by grief
depressed and desolate of soul ; a low desolate wail
苍凉-引用次数：23
In his novels of this period, art style is sorrow and desolate, and artistic skill mature gradually.
这一时期他的小说风格深沉苍凉，创作手法日趋成熟。
参考来源刘恒创作论
荒芜的
荒凉的 desolate adj. 荒凉的（与地方相连，表示无人居住 荒无人烟的）；极度孤独的(与人相连时) lonely adj.
... designate vt.指出,指示;指定 desolate a.荒芜的;寂寞的 destructive a.破坏(性)的,风险的 ...
desolate(冷落), 此释义来源于网络辞典。
...北美第四哥斯达黎加打的难分难解，让球迷心惊胆战,这个真的说不过去，也许这就是落魄凤凰不如鸡，多少让人觉得有些凄凉(Desolate)和讽刺。
desolately 寂寞地；荒凉地
desolation 荒芜；忧伤；孤寂；废墟
Today it's pretty desolate, barren and extremely hot.
现今那里非常荒凉、土地贫瘠，而且极其炎热。
He lives in a great, big, desolate old house in the country and no one goes near him.
他住在乡下一幢又大又荒凉的的老房子里，没有人接近他。
When plants first made the transition ashore more than 400 million years ago, the land was barren and desolate, inhospitable to life.
4亿多年前，植物第一次向海岸上迁移时，陆地上荒凉而贫瘠，并非生命宜居之地。
One hundred sixty thousand Allied troops landed on the desolate stretch of coastline, which was heavily fortified by the Germans.
VOA : standard.2009.06.02
He said his deputies needed it for protection while patrolling desolate areas where drug and immigrant smugglers have been spotted.
VOA : standard.2010.07.20
So it is a very desolate area.
因此那是荒无人烟的地区。
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In a country where half the people live on less than $2 a day, locals crowd desolate refugee camps, trying to get in.
VOA : standard.2010.04.20
He's also the author of Desolate Angel: Jack Kerouac, the Beat Generation, and America.
The great red hills stand desolate and the earth has torn away like flesh.
Behind me, you see pretty much a desolate field, except for the U.S. Jolly helicopters.