desolation
英 [des?'le??(?)n]
美[,d?s?'le??n]
- n. 荒蕪；憂傷；孤寂；廢墟
暢通詞匯
英文詞源
- desolation (n.)
- late 14c., "action of laying waste," also "sorrow, grief," from Old French desolacion (12c.) "desolation, devastation, hopelessness, despair," from Church Latin desolationem (nominative desolatio), noun of action from past participle stem of desolare (see desolate (adj.)). Meaning "condition of being ruined or wasted" is from early 15c.
雙語例句
- 1. Kozelek expresses his sense of desolation absolutely without self-pity.
- 科澤萊克不帶一絲顧影自憐地表達了自己的凄涼悲愴之感。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. We looked out upon a scene of desolation and ruin.
- 我們放眼望去，眼前是一片荒涼的廢墟。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. a scene of utter desolation
- 滿目瘡痍的景象
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. We couldn't stay out there in that desolation another day.
- 在那個荒涼的地方我們一天也呆不下去了.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 5. He found the old house in complete desolation.
- 他發現那間舊房子十分荒涼.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》