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

• 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。
• And the feeling of desolation mixed with his fear of death.
  一种凄凉之感和对死亡的恐惧在他心头交织。
• A feeling of utter desolation came over them, as they realised there was no hope of being rescued.
  正当意识到获救无望时，一种悲凉的感觉攫住了他们。
• Author has seen the well-being between them, but also to write the bitterness of them saw their lives in the glory, but also to write the patient's old age and the desolation.
  作者既看到了他们之间的幸福，也写出了其中的辛酸，看到了他们生命中的辉煌，也写出了病人迟暮的苍凉。
• We couldn't stay out there in that desolation another day.
  在那个荒凉的地方我们一天也呆不下去了。
• Plant diseases, drought, desolation, despair were recurrent catastrophes during the ages.
  植物的病害、于旱、荒芜和绝望是那个时代常发生的灾难。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
  恐惧和陷坑，残害和毁灭，都临近我们。