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

• 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。
• 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。
• Let the human tempest and hurricane rage at a distance, the desolation is beyond the horizon of peace.
  让人类的暴风骤雨在远方肆虐的荒凉超越了地平线上。
• 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。
• 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。
• How is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
  巴比伦在列国中何竟荒凉。
• Second, his grief and indignation, including a hero's desolation and poverty.
  其次是他的悲愤，包括英雄失路的悲情和贫民生活的悲惨。
• Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
  [和合]你的圣邑变为旷野，锡安变为旷野，16耶路撒冷成为荒场。
• 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。
• Where Do You Turn in a Time of Indecision and Desolation?
  在犹豫不决感觉凄凉的时候，你会做什么？