desolate
英 ['des(ə)lət]
美 ['dɛsələt]
- adj. 荒涼的；無人煙的
- vt. 使荒涼；使孤寂
助記提示
1. de- "completely" + sol- "alone" + -ate.
2. => leave alone, desert.
3. => "without companions," also "uninhabited".
中文詞源
desolate 荒涼的de-, 向下，強調。sole, 單獨的。即孤零零的，荒涼的。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. Half-ruined, hardly a building untouched, it's a desolate place.
- 這裏大半遭毀，幾乎沒有一棟建築完好無損，變成了一塊荒廢之地。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. a bleak and desolate landscape
- 一片荒涼的景色
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. The house was desolate, ready to be torn down.
- 這房子沒人居住, 等著拆除.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. He has been desolate since his wife died.
- 自從妻子去世後,他一直很孤獨.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. The town has a desolate visage.
- 這個鎮子呈現出一片荒涼.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》