desolate

desolate
adjective
  1. (of a place) uninhabited and giving an impression of bleak and dismal emptiness
    无人烟的；荒凉的；凄凉的
    a desolate Pennine moor.
    荒无人烟的奔宁山脉沼泽地。
    ■feeling or showing misery, unhappiness, or loneliness
    痛苦的，不幸的；孤独的
    I suddenly felt desolate and bereft.
    我突然产生了一种凄苦落寞的感觉。
verb
[with obj.]
  1. make (a place) appear bleakly and depressingly empty or bare
    使（地方）变得荒凉（或荒芜）
    the droughts that desolated the dry plains.
    使这些干燥的平原变成一片荒芜的旱灾。
    ■(一般作 be desolated)make (someone) feel utterly wretched and unhappy
    使感到极其悲惨（或不幸）
    he was desolated by the deaths of his treasured friends.
    他挚友的去世使他悲痛欲绝。
派生
desolately
adverb
desolateness
noun
desolator
noun
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Latin desolatus 'abandoned', past participle of desolare, from de- 'thoroughly' + solus 'alone'
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