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单词 desolate
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desolate


desolate

barren, devastated: a treeless, desolate landscape; deserted; uninhabited; solitary; lonely; feeling abandoned by friends or by hope; forlorn; dismal; gloomy: desolate prospects
Not to be confused with:dissolute – indifferent to moral restraints; given to immoral or improper conduct; licentious; dissipated; corrupt, loose, debauched, wanton: dissolute actions of a person with no conscience

des·o·late

D0162200 (dĕs′ə-lĭt, dĕz′-)adj.1. a. Devoid of inhabitants; deserted: "streets which were usually so thronged now grown desolate" (Daniel Defoe).b. Barren; lifeless: the rocky, desolate surface of the moon.2. Feeling, showing, causing, or expressing sadness or loneliness. See Synonyms at sad.tr.v. (-lāt′) des·o·lat·ed, des·o·lat·ing, des·o·lates 1. To rid or deprive of inhabitants.2. To lay waste; devastate: "Here we have no wars to desolate our fields" (Michel Guillaume Jean de Crèvecoeur).3. To forsake; abandon.4. To make lonely, forlorn, or wretched.
[Middle English desolat, from Latin dēsōlātus, past participle of dēsōlāre, to abandon : dē-, de- + sōlus, alone; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots.]
des′o·late·ly adv.des′o·late·ness n.des′o·lat′er, des′o·la′tor n.

desolate

adj 1. uninhabited; deserted 2. made uninhabitable; laid waste; devastated 3. without friends, hope, or encouragement; forlorn, wretched, or abandoned 4. gloomy or dismal; depressing vb (tr) 5. to deprive of inhabitants; depopulate6. to make barren or lay waste; devastate7. to make wretched or forlorn8. to forsake or abandon [C14: from Latin dēsōlāre to leave alone, from de- + sōlāre to make lonely, lay waste, from sōlus alone] ˈdesoˌlater, ˈdesoˌlator n ˈdesolately adv ˈdesolateness n

des•o•late

(adj. ˈdɛs ə lɪt; v. -ˌleɪt)

adj., v. -lat•ed, -lat•ing. adj. 1. barren or laid waste; devastated: a treeless, desolate landscape. 2. deprived or destitute of inhabitants; deserted; lonely. 3. feeling loveless, friendless, or hopeless; forlorn. 4. dreary; dismal: desolate prospects. v.t. 5. to lay waste; devastate. 6. to deprive of inhabitants; depopulate. 7. to make disconsolate; sadden. 8. to forsake or abandon; desert. [1325–75; < Latin dēsōlātus forsaken, past participle of dēsōlāre=dē- de- + sōlāre to make lonely, derivative of sōlus sole1; see -ate1] des′o•late•ly, adv. des′o•late•ness, n. des′o•lat`er, des′o•la`tor, n.
lonely, lonesome, forlorn, desolate - Lonely adds to solitary a suggestion of longing for companionship, while lonesome heightens the suggestion of sadness; forlorn and desolate are even more isolated and sad.See also related terms for suggestion.

desolate


Past participle: desolated
Gerund: desolating
Imperative
desolate
desolate
Present
I desolate
you desolate
he/she/it desolates
we desolate
you desolate
they desolate
Preterite
I desolated
you desolated
he/she/it desolated
we desolated
you desolated
they desolated
Present Continuous
I am desolating
you are desolating
he/she/it is desolating
we are desolating
you are desolating
they are desolating
Present Perfect
I have desolated
you have desolated
he/she/it has desolated
we have desolated
you have desolated
they have desolated
Past Continuous
I was desolating
you were desolating
he/she/it was desolating
we were desolating
you were desolating
they were desolating
Past Perfect
I had desolated
you had desolated
he/she/it had desolated
we had desolated
you had desolated
they had desolated
Future
I will desolate
you will desolate
he/she/it will desolate
we will desolate
you will desolate
they will desolate
Future Perfect
I will have desolated
you will have desolated
he/she/it will have desolated
we will have desolated
you will have desolated
they will have desolated
Future Continuous
I will be desolating
you will be desolating
he/she/it will be desolating
we will be desolating
you will be desolating
they will be desolating
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been desolating
you have been desolating
he/she/it has been desolating
we have been desolating
you have been desolating
they have been desolating
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been desolating
you will have been desolating
he/she/it will have been desolating
we will have been desolating
you will have been desolating
they will have been desolating
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been desolating
you had been desolating
he/she/it had been desolating
we had been desolating
you had been desolating
they had been desolating
Conditional
I would desolate
you would desolate
he/she/it would desolate
we would desolate
you would desolate
they would desolate
Past Conditional
I would have desolated
you would have desolated
he/she/it would have desolated
we would have desolated
you would have desolated
they would have desolated
Thesaurus
Verb1.desolate - leave someone who needs or counts on youdesolate - leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"desert, forsake, abandonleave - go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; "She left a mess when she moved out"; "His good luck finally left him"; "her husband left her after 20 years of marriage"; "she wept thinking she had been left behind"expose - abandon by leaving out in the open air; "The infant was exposed by the teenage mother"; "After Christmas, many pets get abandoned"walk out - leave suddenly, often as an expression of disapproval; "She walked out on her husband and children"ditch - forsake; "ditch a lover"maroon, strand - leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue; "the travellers were marooned"
2.desolate - reduce in population; "The epidemic depopulated the countryside"depopulateshrink, reduce - reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?"
3.desolate - cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"devastate, lay waste to, ravage, scourge, wasteruin, destroy - destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up"ruin - reduce to ruins; "The country lay ruined after the war"
Adj.1.desolate - providing no shelter or sustenancedesolate - 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"barren, bleak, stark, bareinhospitable - unfavorable to life or growth; "the barren inhospitable desert"; "inhospitable mountain areas"
2.desolate - crushed by grief; "depressed and desolate of soul"; "a low desolate wail"disconsolate, inconsolable, unconsolable - sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled; "inconsolable when her son died"

desolate

adjective1. uninhabited, deserted, bare, waste, wild, ruined, bleak, solitary, barren, dreary, godforsaken, unfrequented a desolate, godforsaken place
uninhabited inhabited, populous
2. miserable, depressed, lonely, gloomy, dismal, melancholy, forlorn, bereft, dejected, despondent, downcast, wretched, disconsolate, down in the dumps (informal), cheerless, comfortless, companionless He was desolate without her.
miserable happy, cheerful, joyous, light-hearted
verb1. deject, depress, distress, discourage, dismay, grieve, daunt, dishearten I was desolated by the news.
deject encourage, cheer, nourish, hearten
2. destroy, ruin, devastate, ravage, lay low, lay waste, despoil, depopulate A great famine desolated the country.

desolate

adjective1. Empty of people:deserted, forlorn, godforsaken, lonely, lonesome, unfrequented.2. Dark and depressing:black, bleak, blue, cheerless, dark, dismal, dreary, gloomy, glum, joyless, somber, tenebrific.3. Having been given up and left alone:abandoned, bereft, derelict, deserted, forlorn, forsaken, lorn.4. Dejected due to the awareness of being alone:forlorn, lonely, lonesome, lorn.5. In low spirits:blue, dejected, depressed, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, dull, dysphoric, gloomy, heavy-hearted, low, melancholic, melancholy, sad, spiritless, tristful, unhappy, wistful.Idiom: down at the mouth.verbTo destroy completely as or as if by conquering:devastate, ravage, waste.Idiom: lay waste.
Translations
凄凉的荒凉的

desolate

(ˈdesələt) adjective1. (of landscapes, areas etc) very lonely or barren. desolate moorland. 荒涼的 荒凉的2. very sad, lonely and unhappy. 淒涼的 凄凉的desoˈlation noun 荒蕪 荒芜

desolate


  • all
  • adj
  • verb

Synonyms for desolate

adj uninhabited

Synonyms

  • uninhabited
  • deserted
  • bare
  • waste
  • wild
  • ruined
  • bleak
  • solitary
  • barren
  • dreary
  • godforsaken
  • unfrequented

Antonyms

  • inhabited
  • populous

adj miserable

Synonyms

  • miserable
  • depressed
  • lonely
  • gloomy
  • dismal
  • melancholy
  • forlorn
  • bereft
  • dejected
  • despondent
  • downcast
  • wretched
  • disconsolate
  • down in the dumps
  • cheerless
  • comfortless
  • companionless

Antonyms

  • happy
  • cheerful
  • joyous
  • light-hearted

verb deject

Synonyms

  • deject
  • depress
  • distress
  • discourage
  • dismay
  • grieve
  • daunt
  • dishearten

Antonyms

  • encourage
  • cheer
  • nourish
  • hearten

verb destroy

Synonyms

  • destroy
  • ruin
  • devastate
  • ravage
  • lay low
  • lay waste
  • despoil
  • depopulate

Synonyms for desolate

adj empty of people

Synonyms

  • deserted
  • forlorn
  • godforsaken
  • lonely
  • lonesome
  • unfrequented

adj dark and depressing

Synonyms

  • black
  • bleak
  • blue
  • cheerless
  • dark
  • dismal
  • dreary
  • gloomy
  • glum
  • joyless
  • somber
  • tenebrific

adj having been given up and left alone

Synonyms

  • abandoned
  • bereft
  • derelict
  • deserted
  • forlorn
  • forsaken
  • lorn

adj dejected due to the awareness of being alone

Synonyms

  • forlorn
  • lonely
  • lonesome
  • lorn

adj in low spirits

Synonyms

  • blue
  • dejected
  • depressed
  • dispirited
  • down
  • downcast
  • downhearted
  • dull
  • dysphoric
  • gloomy
  • heavy-hearted
  • low
  • melancholic
  • melancholy
  • sad
  • spiritless
  • tristful
  • unhappy
  • wistful

verb to destroy completely as or as if by conquering

Synonyms

  • devastate
  • ravage
  • waste

Synonyms for desolate

verb leave someone who needs or counts on you

Synonyms

  • desert
  • forsake
  • abandon

Related Words

  • leave
  • expose
  • walk out
  • ditch
  • maroon
  • strand

verb reduce in population

Synonyms

  • depopulate

Related Words

  • shrink
  • reduce

verb cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

Synonyms

  • devastate
  • lay waste to
  • ravage
  • scourge
  • waste

Related Words

  • ruin
  • destroy

adj providing no shelter or sustenance

Synonyms

  • barren
  • bleak
  • stark
  • bare

Related Words

  • inhospitable

adj crushed by grief

Related Words

  • disconsolate
  • inconsolable
  • unconsolable
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