英语词典 · 单词释义
desolation
英 [desə'leɪʃ(ə)n] 美 [,dɛsə'leʃən]
这里集中整理“desolation”的音标、翻译、词源、例句和近反义词，方便快速确认词义并顺手做词汇积累。
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词义详解
翻译 · 词源 · 例句- n. 荒芜；忧伤；孤寂；废墟
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词源 · 例句 · 用法英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. Kozelek expresses his sense of desolation absolutely without self-pity.
- 科泽莱克不带一丝顾影自怜地表达了自己的凄凉悲怆之感。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. We looked out upon a scene of desolation and ruin.
- 我们放眼望去，眼前是一片荒凉的废墟。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. a scene of utter desolation
- 满目疮痍的景象
来自《权威词典》
- 4. We couldn't stay out there in that desolation another day.
- 在那个荒凉的地方我们一天也呆不下去了.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 5. He found the old house in complete desolation.
- 他发现那间旧房子十分荒凉.
来自《简明英汉词典》