A desolate place is empty of people and lacking in comfort.
例句
...a desolate landscape of flat green fields broken by marsh...平坦綠野被沼澤割裂開的荒涼景色Half-ruined, hardly a building untouched, it's a desolate place.這里大半遭毀，幾乎沒有一棟建筑完好無(wú)損，變成了一塊荒廢之地。
ADJ-GRADED
凄涼的;孤寂的;孤獨(dú)憂傷的
If someone is desolate, they feel very sad, alone, and without hope.
例句
He was desolate without her.沒有她，他感到孤獨(dú)而凄涼。
VERB
使不悅;使痛苦;使悲慘
If something desolates you, it upsets you and makes you very unhappy.
例句
Their inclination to wait and demand more resources desolated President Lincoln.他們總是等待并要求得到更多資財(cái)?shù)膬A向讓林肯總統(tǒng)甚感不快。
英漢詞典釋義
adj.
無(wú)人的, 無(wú)人居住的, 荒無(wú)人煙的, 荒涼的
The house was desolate, ready to be torn down.這房子沒人居住, 等著拆除。
陰郁的, 孤獨(dú)凄涼的, 不幸的, 憂傷的
He has been desolate since his wife died.自從妻子去世后, 他一直很孤獨(dú)。
vt.
毀壞, 極大地破壞
War has desolated that city.戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)毀壞了那個(gè)城市。
使沮喪, 使痛苦, 使感到悲慘, 使感到凄涼, 使悲傷絕望
Her death desolated him.她的死使他很痛苦。
英英詞典釋義
Verb
1. leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch;
"The mother deserted her children"
2. reduce in population;
"The epidemic depopulated the countryside"
3. devastate or ravage;
"The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
Adjective
1. providing no shelter or sustenance;
"bare rocky hills""barren lands""the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes""the desolate surface of the moon""a stark landscape"
2. pitiable in circumstances especially through abandonment;
"desolate and despairing""left forlorn"
3. crushed by grief;
"depressed and desolate of soul""a low desolate wail"
4. made uninhabitable;
"upon this blasted heath"- Shakespeare"a wasted landscape"