desolate

adjective

/ˈdesələt/

(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。
- 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。
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verbs
- be
- seem
- stand
- …
adverb
- completely
- quite
- rather
- …
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。
- 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。
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verbs
- be
- feel
- look
- …
adverb
- utterly

词源late Middle English: from Latin desolatus ‘abandoned’, past participle of desolare, from de- ‘thoroughly’ + solus ‘alone’.

desolate

verb

/ˈdesəleɪt/

[usually passive] (literary)

动词形式

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/

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。
词源late Middle English: from Latin desolatus ‘abandoned’, past participle of desolare, from de- ‘thoroughly’ + solus ‘alone’.