desolation

英 [ˌdesəˈleɪʃn]

美 [ˌdesəˈleɪʃn]

n.  孤寂; 悲哀; 忧伤; 废墟; 荒芜; 凄凉

复数：desolations　

TEM8

BNC.14579 / COCA.17109

牛津词典

noun

• 孤寂；悲哀；忧伤
  the feeling of being very lonely and unhappy
• 废墟；荒芜；凄凉
  the state of a place that is ruined or destroyed and offers no joy or hope to people
  1. a scene of utter desolation
     满目疮痍的景象

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 凄凉;孤寂;悲怆;绝望
  Desolationis a feeling of great unhappiness and hopelessness.
  1. Kozelek expresses his sense of desolation absolutely without self-pity.
     科泽莱克不带一丝顾影自怜地表达了自己的凄凉悲怆之感。
• N-UNCOUNT 荒凉;荒芜;荒废;满目疮痍
  If you refer todesolationin a place, you mean that it is empty and frightening, for example because it has been destroyed by a violent force or army.
  1. We looked out upon a scene of desolation and ruin...
     我们放眼望去，眼前是一片荒凉的废墟。
  2. She says the army left desolation and death through the whole of northern Morazan.
     她说军队在整个莫拉桑省北部留下了满目疮痍和遍野横尸。

英英释义

noun

• an event that results in total destruction
  Synonym:devastation
• sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned
  Synonym:forlornnessloneliness
• a bleak and desolate atmosphere
  1. the nakedness of the landscape
  Synonym:bleaknessbarenessnakedness
• the state of being decayed or destroyed
  Synonym:devastation

双语例句

• We looked out upon a scene of desolation and ruin
  我们放眼望去，眼前是一片荒凉的废墟。
• Since then, the journey alone, we are far away from their loneliness and desolation.
  从此，孤独的旅途，便远离了寂寞和凄凉。
• One of his projects, a three-year effort at Desolation Sound, was interrupted last year by the logging.
  他在德索莱申海峡的一个已花了3年时间的课题去年由于伐木而被迫中断了。
• Her life was becoming a desolation.
  她的生活越来越孤立无援了。
• Nebuchadnezzar would make desolation among the people of Kedar, who dwelt in the deserts of Arabia.
  尼布甲尼撒将使居住在阿拉伯沙漠中基达荒凉。
• But having got it, I am prostrate with exhaustion; I seem to have been sucked dry of all my energy, and I feel nothing but desolation.
  可是我得到了也累垮了，我像被抽空了一样精疲力尽，心境苍凉。
• She says the army left desolation and death through the whole of northern Morazan.
  她说军队在整个莫拉桑省北部留下了满目疮痍和遍野横尸。
• Her desolation was greater now that the children were away.
  孩子们走了，她更觉孤寂。
• In time immemorial to the land and desolation of the universe, there was an extraordinary voice, soul-stirring.
  在亘古的大地与苍凉的宇宙间，有一种平凡的声音，荡气回肠。
• He hath turned for me my mourning into laughter, and my desolation into joy;
  祂将我的悲哀化为欢笑，将我的忧伤化为喜乐。