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desolate adj.荒凉的；荒芜的；孤单寂寞的 (1) 在这荒凉的山谷里,我们很少见到房子。(2) 战争期间，这个火车站变得荒凉了。(3) 大雨将把泥土从荒凉的山丘上冲走。(4) 这个地方不长草木。(5) 他们在那些荒芜的山丘上撒播草籽。(6) 我感到异常孤愤。 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.

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英 ['desələt] 美 ['desələt] (1) We saw few houses in the desolate valley.(2) The railway station became desolate in the war.(3) Heavy rain will wash away the soil from desolate hills.(4) This place is desolate of all vegetation.(5) They planted grass seed on the desolate hills.(6) I felt so desolate and so angry. If you feel alone, left out, and devastated, you feel desolate. A deserted, empty, depressing place can be desolate too. The adjective is pronounced /'desələt/. The verb is pronounced /'desəleɪt/. 形容词读作/'desələt/，动词读作 /'desəleɪt/。1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]荒凉的；荒芜的；荒废的；无人烟的 A desolate place is empty of people and lacking in comfort. ...a desolate landscape of flat green fields broken by marsh...平坦绿野被沼泽割裂开的荒凉景色Half-ruined, hardly a building untouched, it's a desolate place.这里大半遭毁，几乎没有一栋建筑完好无损，变成了一块荒废之地。2[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]凄凉的；孤寂的；孤独忧伤的 If someone is desolate, they feel very sad, alone, and without hope.   [usu v-link ADJ]  [LITERARY 文]He was desolate without her.没有她，他感到孤独而凄凉。3[VERB 动词]使不悦；使痛苦；使悲惨 If something desolates you, it upsets you and makes you very unhappy.   [V n]  [LITERARY 文]Their inclination to wait and demand more resources desolated President Lincoln.他们总是等待并要求得到更多资财的倾向让林肯总统甚感不快。desolatedI saw them walk away and felt absolutely desolated.我看到他们走开了，感到万分悲凉。desolatingThey have maintained their optimism in the face of desolating subjugation.面对遭征服的悲惨命运，他们保持了乐观的态度。

英语单词	desolate
英美音标	英 ['desələt] 美 ['desələt]
中文释义	adj.荒凉的；荒芜的；孤单寂寞的
英语例句	(1) We saw few houses in the desolate valley. (2) The railway station became desolate in the war. (3) Heavy rain will wash away the soil from desolate hills. (4) This place is desolate of all vegetation. (5) They planted grass seed on the desolate hills. (6) I felt so desolate and so angry.
中文例句	(1) 在这荒凉的山谷里,我们很少见到房子。 (2) 战争期间，这个火车站变得荒凉了。 (3) 大雨将把泥土从荒凉的山丘上冲走。 (4) 这个地方不长草木。 (5) 他们在那些荒芜的山丘上撒播草籽。 (6) 我感到异常孤愤。
vocabulary简明	If you feel alone, left out, and devastated, you feel desolate. A deserted, empty, depressing place can be desolate too.
vocabulary扩展	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.
柯林斯解释	The adjective is pronounced /'desələt/. The verb is pronounced /'desəleɪt/. 形容词读作/'desələt/，动词读作 /'desəleɪt/。 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]荒凉的；荒芜的；荒废的；无人烟的 A desolate place is empty of people and lacking in comfort. ...a desolate landscape of flat green fields broken by marsh... 平坦绿野被沼泽割裂开的荒凉景色 Half-ruined, hardly a building untouched, it's a desolate place. 这里大半遭毁，几乎没有一栋建筑完好无损，变成了一块荒废之地。 2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]凄凉的；孤寂的；孤独忧伤的 If someone is desolate, they feel very sad, alone, and without hope. [usu v-link ADJ] [LITERARY 文] He was desolate without her. 没有她，他感到孤独而凄凉。 3 [VERB 动词]使不悦；使痛苦；使悲惨 If something desolates you, it upsets you and makes you very unhappy. [V n] [LITERARY 文] Their inclination to wait and demand more resources desolated President Lincoln. 他们总是等待并要求得到更多资财的倾向让林肯总统甚感不快。 desolated I saw them walk away and felt absolutely desolated. 我看到他们走开了，感到万分悲凉。 desolating They have maintained their optimism in the face of desolating subjugation. 面对遭征服的悲惨命运，他们保持了乐观的态度。

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