desolate

de-, 向下，强调。sole, 单独的。即孤零零的，荒凉的。

desolate

desolate: see sole

desolate (adj.)

mid-14c., "without companions," also "uninhabited," from Latin desolatus, past participle of desolare "leave alone, desert," from de- "completely" (see de-) + solare "make lonely," from solus "alone" (see sole (adj.)). Sense of "joyless" is 15c.

desolate (v.)

late 14c., from desolate (adj.). Related: Desolated; desolating.

1. Half-ruined, hardly a building untouched, it's a desolate place.

这里大半遭毁，几乎没有一栋建筑完好无损，变成了一块荒废之地。

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2. a bleak and desolate landscape

一片荒凉的景色

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3. The house was desolate, ready to be torn down.

这房子没人居住, 等着拆除.

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4. He has been desolate since his wife died.

自从妻子去世后,他一直很孤独.

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5. The town has a desolate visage.

这个镇子呈现出一片荒凉.

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