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verb
一. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
e.g. The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
Synonym: lay waste towastedevastateravagescourge
二. reduce in population
e.g. The epidemic depopulated the countryside
Synonym: depopulate
三. leave someone who needs or counts on you
leave in the lurch
e.g. The mother deserted her children
Synonym: abandonforsakedesert
adj
一. crushed by grief
e.g. depressed and desolate of soul
a low desolate wail
二. providing no shelter or sustenance
e.g. bare rocky hills
barren lands
the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes
the desolate surface of the moon
a stark landscape
Synonym: barebarrenbleakstark
一. 荒凉的;荒凉的;荒废的;无人烟的
A desolate place is empty of people and lacking in comfort.
e.g. ...a desolate landscape of flat green fields broken by marsh...
平坦绿野被沼泽割裂开的荒凉景色
e.g. 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。
二. 凄凉的;孤寂的;孤独忧伤的
If someone is desolate, they feel very sad, alone, and without hope.
e.g. He was desolate without her.
没有她，他感到孤独而凄凉。
三. 使不悦;使痛苦;使悲惨
If something desolates you, it upsets you and makes you very unhappy.
e.g. Their inclination to wait and demand more resources desolated President Lincoln.
他们总是等待并要求得到更多资财的倾向让林肯总统甚感不快。
一. 荒凉,荒凉的：designate 指派,任命 | desolate 荒凉,荒凉的 | despicable 可鄙,卑劣的
二. 荒凉的,极度孤独的：lonely :孤独的;荒凉的,偏僻的 | desolate:荒凉的,极度孤独的 | ★threaten v. 威胁
三. 荒凉的：control 控制 | desolate 荒凉的 | destruction 破坏,毁灭
四. 地方--无人居住,荒无人烟的：desolate : 荒凉的, 极度孤独的(与人相连时) | desolate 地方--无人居住, 荒无人烟的 | ★threaten v 威胁的
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经典引文
To stand, like a desolate sea-bird, alone.
出自：V. WoolfNever in his life before had he felt so desolatesabandoned by everyone who had ever loved him.
出自：P. P. ReadWould quite desolate the island, and starve them.
出自：DefoeAs if the city had been desolated by the plague.
出自：C. Lyell近义词
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