Front | desolate |
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Pron | ['desələt] |
Back | 【DESOLATE】 I was very desolate when my mother died last year. 母亲去年过世时,我非常孤独。 【重点词汇】 desolate adj. 孤独的 反: cozy |
Vocab | desolateproviding no shelter or sustenance
If you feel alone, left out, and devastated, you feel desolate. A deserted, empty, depressing place can be desolate too. If you know the word deserted, you have a clue to the meaning of desolate, a grim word that can describes feelings and places. When a person feels desolate, he feels deserted, lonely, hopeless, and sad. When a location is desolate, there's almost nothing there. Think of a rundown cabin in the middle of nowhere, with no running water and no stores or other people anywhere. That's a desolate setting. Being in a desolate place usually makes people feel desolate. All forms of 'desolate' will appear on average once every 255 pages. desolate desolately desolation |
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