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Desert Verb Deserted 例:He Leave 例:...The Bad People

单词 desert
音标
英[ˈdezət] 美[ˈdezərt]
解释
n.沙漠;荒地;应得的赏罚;功劳,美德;adj.沙漠的;荒芜的,不毛的;无人的;
例句

N-VAR
沙漠;荒漠
A desert is a large area of land, usually in a hot region, where there is almost no water, rain, trees, or plants.
例:...the Sahara Desert.撒哈拉大沙漠
例:...the burning desert sun...沙漠中火辣辣的太阳

N-COUNT
枯燥乏味的地方(或境况)
If you refer to a place or situation as a desert, you think it is bad for people because it is not interesting, exciting, or useful in any way.
例:They live in 12 high-rise apartment buildings that sit in a desert of concrete...他们居住的地方是坐落于一片钢筋水泥丛林中的12栋高层公寓楼。
例:Pubs are a cultural desert.酒馆是文化沙漠。

VERB
离弃,舍弃(某地)
If people or animals desert a place, they leave it and it becomes empty.
例:Farmers are deserting their fields and coming here looking for jobs...小农场主正舍弃他们的土地,到这里来寻找工作。
例:After the show, the audience deserts the Blackpool streets.演出结束后,观众从布莱克浦的大街上消失了踪迹。

VERB
抛弃,遗弃(某人)
If someone deserts you, they go away and leave you, and no longer help or support you.
例:Mrs Roding's husband deserted her years ago...罗丁太太的丈夫数年前抛弃了她。
例:He has been deserted by most of his advisers.他的大多数顾问都弃他而去。

VERB
背弃;放弃;脱离
If you desert something that you support, use, or are involved with, you stop supporting it, using it, or being involved with it.
例:The paper's price rise will encourage readers to desert in even greater numbers...报纸价格的上涨将导致更多的读者不再订阅。
例:He was pained to see many youngsters deserting kibbutz life...看到那么多的年轻人放弃了合作农场的生活,他感到很痛心。

VERB
突然丧失(特质、技巧等)
If a quality or skill that you normally have deserts you, you suddenly find that you do not have it when you need it or want it.
例:Even when he appeared to be depressed, a dry sense of humour never deserted him...即使在他看上去很沮丧的时候,他也从没有丧失过自己的冷面幽默。
例:She lost the next five games, and the set, as her confidence abruptly deserted her.她突然自信心全失,接下来连败 5 局,并最终丢了这一盘。

VERB
擅离(职守);(尤指从军队)开小差
If someone deserts, or deserts a job, especially a job in the armed forces, they leave that job without permission.
例:He was a second-lieutenant in the army until he deserted...他在擅离部队之前是一名陆军少尉。
例:He deserted from army intelligence last month...上个月他从陆军情报机关开小差跑了。

PHRASE
应得的惩罚;报应
If you say that someone has got their just deserts, you mean that they deserved the unpleasant things that have happened to them, because they did something bad.
例:At the end of the book the child's true identity is discovered, and the bad guys get their just deserts.在书的结尾,那个孩子的真实身份大白于世,坏人则得到了应有的惩罚。
变形
third:deserts~done:deserted~pl:deserts~ing:deserting~past:deserted~

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