| 单词 | desolate |
| 释义 | desolate['desələt]a. 荒凉的 desolate des.o.late AHD: [dµs“…-l¹t, dµz“-] D.J. [6des*l!t, 6dez-]K.K. [6dWs*l!t, 6dWz-]adj.（形容词）1. Devoid of inhabitants; deserted:凄凉的：无人居住的；废弃的：“streets which were usually so thronged now grown desolate”(&b{Daniel Defoe})“过去拥挤的街道现在荒芜了”(丹尼尔·迪福)2. Barren; lifeless:荒凉的；无生命的：the rocky, desolate surface of the moon.月球多石的、荒凉的表面3. Rendered unfit for habitation or use:使不适于居住或使用的：the desolate cities of war-torn Europe.欧洲经过战争蹂躏的无法居住的城市4. Dreary; dismal.无生气的；忧郁的5. Bereft of friends or hope; sad and forlorn.See Synonyms at sad 失去朋友或希望的；伤心而孤独的参见 sadv.tr.（及物动词） des.o.lat.ed,des.o.lat.ing,des.o.lates[-l³t”] 1. To rid or deprive of inhabitants.使无居民：除去居民2. To lay waste; devastate:使荒芜；使荒废：“Here we have no wars to desolate our fields”(&b{Michel Guillaume Jean de Crèvecoeur})“这里，没有战争来摧毁我们的土地”(米歇尔·纪尧姆·让·德·克雷夫科尔)3. To forsake; abandon.使荒弃；放弃4. To make lonely, forlorn, or wretched.使孤独，使凄凉，使忧郁语源:1. Middle English 中古英语 2. from Latin d¶s½l³tus [past participle of] d¶s½l³re [to abandon] 源自 拉丁语 d¶s½l³tus [] d¶s½l³re的过去分词 [放弃] 3. d¶- [de-] d¶- [前缀，表“使…离开”] 4. s½lus [alone] * see s(w)e- s½lus [孤独，独自] *参见 s(w)e- 继承用法:des“olately adv.（副词）des“olateness n.（名词）des“olat”er 或 n.（名词）des“ola”tor |
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