| 单词 | desolate |
| 释义 | desolate (once / 256 pages) adjv If you feel alone, left out, and devastated, you feel desolate. A deserted, empty, depressing place can be desolate too. If you know the word deserted, you have a clue to the meaning of desolate, a grim word that can describes feelings and places. When a person feels desolate, he feels deserted, lonely, hopeless, and sad. When a location is desolate, there's almost nothing there. Think of a rundown cabin in the middle of nowhere, with no running water and no stores or other people anywhere. That's a desolate setting. Being in a desolate place usually makes people feel desolate. WORD FAMILYdesolate: desolated, desolately, desolates, desolating, desolatingly, desolation+/desolation: desolations USAGE EXAMPLESThat’s the unfortunate fate suffered by Daughter’s sophomore effort, “Not To Disappear,” whose chilly songs sound as desolate as a frozen tundra. Salon(Dec 30, 2016) This exquisite, deceptively quiet novel opens with a 12-year-old Iranian girl and her donkey, trekking down a desolate desert road. New York Times(Dec 25, 2016) Many formerly empty lots and desolate streets are now under development, depriving crews of space needed to park trucks and trailers. Los Angeles Times(Dec 25, 2016) 1adj providing no shelter or sustenance the desolate surface of the moon Syn bare, barren, bleak, stark inhospitable unfavorable to life or growth 2adj crushed by grief depressed and desolate of soul a low desolate wail Syn disconsolate, inconsolable, unconsolable sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled 3v cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly Syn|Hypo|Hyper devastate, lay waste to, ravage, scourge, waste ruin reduce to ruins destroy, ruin destroy completely; damage irreparably 4v reduce in population Syn|Hyper depopulate reduce, shrink reduce in size; reduce physically 5v leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch Syn|Hypo|Hyper abandon, desert, forsake expose abandon by leaving out in the open air walk outleave suddenly, often as an expression of disapproval ditchforsake maroon, strandleave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue leave go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness |
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