desolation

英 [ˌdesə'leɪʃn] 美 [ˌdesə'leɪʃn]

• n. 荒芜；荒凉；孤寂；凄凉

英英释义

Noun:

1. the state of being decayed or destroyed

2. a bleak and desolate atmosphere;

   "the nakedness of the landscape"
   

3. sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned

4. an event that results in total destruction

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. A drought has brought desolation to the region.
   旱灾使这一地区荒芜了。
2. He felt startled when he saw the desolation caused by war.
   看到战争造成的荒凉，他感到触目惊心。
3. I caught his eye and saw desolation.
   我抓住他的眼神,发现饱含凄凉之感。
4. Her desolation is greater now that the children are away.
   孩子们走了,她更觉孤寂。

经典引文

• The general desolation of the place by the Danes.

  出自： T. Pennant

近反义词

【近义词】

• bleakness bleak的名词形式...
• devastation 大面积破坏
• isolation 隔离
• barrenness 不毛
• misery 痛苦
• emptiness 空虚
• loneliness 孤独
• forlornness forlorn的名词形式...
• destruction 破坏
• demolition 破坏
• ruination 毁灭
• holocaust 大屠杀
• ravage 毁坏
• havoc 大破坏
• ruin 毁灭
• sorrow 悲伤
• disconsolateness 悲伤
• lonesomeness lonesome的名词形...
• solitude 孤独
• grief 悲痛
• depression 沮丧
• dolour 悲哀
• solitariness solitary的名词形...
• woe 悲哀
• dreariness 沉寂
• waste 废物
• gloominess 黑暗
• gloom 黑暗
• ravagement 蹂躏
• non-being 非有,非存在,非生命...
• nothingness 虚无
• vastness 巨大
• vastity 广阔
• wilderness 荒野
• hell 地狱
• robbery 抢劫
• desertion 开小差
• dereliction 废弃
• unhappiness 忧愁
• despair 绝望
• anguish 苦闷
• sadness 悲哀
• wretchedness 可怜
• despondency 失去勇气
• nakedness 裸
• bareness 赤裸