desolate
英 ['des(ə)lət]
美 ['dɛsələt]
- adj. 荒凉的；无人烟的
- vt. 使荒凉；使孤寂
助记提示
1. de- "completely" + sol- "alone" + -ate.
2. => leave alone, desert.
3. => "without companions," also "uninhabited".
中文词源
desolate 荒凉的de-, 向下，强调。sole, 单独的。即孤零零的，荒凉的。
英文词源
- desolate
- desolate: see sole
- desolate (adj.)
- mid-14c., "without companions," also "uninhabited," from Latin desolatus, past participle of desolare "leave alone, desert," from de- "completely" (see de-) + solare "make lonely," from solus "alone" (see sole (adj.)). Sense of "joyless" is 15c.
- desolate (v.)
- late 14c., from desolate (adj.). Related: Desolated; desolating.
双语例句
- 1. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. a bleak and desolate landscape
- 一片荒凉的景色
来自《权威词典》
- 3. The house was desolate, ready to be torn down.
- 这房子没人居住, 等着拆除.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. He has been desolate since his wife died.
- 自从妻子去世后,他一直很孤独.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. The town has a desolate visage.
- 这个镇子呈现出一片荒凉.
来自《简明英汉词典》