desolate

[ˈdesələt , ˈdesəleɪt] [ˈdesələt , ˈdesəleɪt]
  • 第三人称单数:desolates;
  • 过去式:desolated;
  • 过去分词:desolated;
  • 现在分词:desolating;
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    • 以下这些形容词均有"孤单的,寂寞的" 的意思
      lonely强调孤独感,含"渴望和他人在一起"的意味。
      alone普通用词,指独自一人的状态,有时含孤寂之意。
      desolate语气强烈,强调遭受损失和失去亲人所带来的难以忍受的痛苦。
      lone较文雅,可与lonely换用。
      solitary可指因被遗忘或遗弃而产生的孤独感,也可指人的生性孤僻。
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    • Verb
      1. leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch;
      "The mother deserted her children"
      2. reduce in population;
      "The epidemic depopulated the countryside"
      3. devastate or ravage;
      "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
    • Adjective
      1. providing no shelter or sustenance;
      "bare rocky hills""barren lands""the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes""the desolate surface of the moon""a stark landscape"
      2. pitiable in circumstances especially through abandonment;
      "desolate and despairing""left forlorn"
      3. crushed by grief;
      "depressed and desolate of soul""a low desolate wail"
      4. made uninhabitable;
      "upon this blasted heath"- Shakespeare"a wasted landscape"