Wasteland ˈweɪstlænd Industrial Cultural Noun 荒地;荒原;不毛之地 Area Land
A "wasteland" refers to an area of land that is barren, spoiled, or unused for growing things. It can also figuratively describe a place, situation, or time that lacks excitement or interest.
[N-VAR 可变名词]荒地;荒原;不毛之地 A wasteland is an area of land on which not much can grow or which has been spoiled in some way.
[oft adj N]
The pollution has already turned vast areas into a wasteland.
污染已经使大片地区沦为不毛之地。
...a 1 billion scheme which was to transform the wasteland of London's docks.
耗资10亿英镑的旨在改造伦敦港区荒地的计划
...an industrial wasteland.
工业废墟
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](地方、情形或时期的)沉闷乏味,单调 If you refer to a place, situation, or period in time as a wasteland, you are criticizing it because you think there is nothing interesting or exciting in it.
[oft adj N]
[disapproval]
...the cultural wasteland of Franco's repressive rule...
佛朗哥高压统治下的文化贫瘠
Everything was wrong, his life seemed to be a wasteland.
每件事都不对劲,他的生活百无聊赖。
Oxford
waste·land/ˈweɪstlænd; NAmEˈweɪstlænd/noun[countable , uncountable ]an area of land that cannot be used or that is no longer used for building or growing things on 荒地;荒原;不毛之地◆industrial wasteland工业废地◆the desert wastelands of Arizona亚利桑那州的荒漠◆( figurative) The mid 1970s are seen as a cultural wasteland for rock music.*20 世纪 70 年代中期被视为摇滚乐的文化荒漠。 wastelandwastelandswaste·land/ˈweɪstlænd; NAmEˈweɪstlænd/
1an unattractive area, often with old ruined buildings, factories etc on iturban/industrial wasteland the restoration of industrial wasteland2a place, situation, or time that has no excitement or interestSYN desert: The seventies were a cultural wasteland.
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wasteland
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wastelands[217]
荒地(85%),未开垦地(11%),贫乏之地(4%)
n.荒地,不毛之地;未开垦地,荒漠;(精神或文化上的)贫乏
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