单词：desolates
音标：[ˈdesəlits] ；
v. 毁坏( desolate的第三人称单数 ); 极大地破坏; 使沮丧; 使痛苦
v leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
v reduce in population
v cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
v reduce in population
v cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
desolate的用法和样例：
例句
用作形容词(adj.)
- We saw few houses in the desolate valley.在这荒凉的山谷里,我们很少见到房子。
- The railway station became desolate in the war.战争期间，这个火车站变得荒凉了。
- Heavy rain will wash away the soil from desolate hills.大雨将把泥土从荒凉的山丘上冲走。
- This place is desolate of all vegetation.这个地方不长草木。
- They planted grass seed on the desolate hills.他们在那些荒芜的山丘上撒播草籽。
- I felt so desolate and so angry.我感到异常孤愤。
- He has been desolate since his wife died.自从妻子去世后, 他一直很孤独。
常见句型
用作形容词(adj.)
用作定语～+ n.- Surf booms upon a desolate shore.波浪轰隆隆地拍打着荒凉的海岸。
- He has been desolate since his wife died.自从妻子去世后，他一直很孤独。
用作动词(v.)
用作及物动词S+ ～+n./pron.- War has desolated that city.战争毁坏了那个城市。
- Her death desolated him.她的死使他很痛苦。
经典引文
To stand, like a desolate sea-bird, alone.
出自：V. WoolfNever in his life before had he felt so desolatesabandoned by everyone who had ever loved him.
出自：P. P. ReadWould quite desolate the island, and starve them.
出自：DefoeAs if the city had been desolated by the plague.
出自：C. Lyell
【近义词】
- gloomy阴暗的
- dismal阴沉的
- bleak萧瑟的
- forlorn孤独的
- deserted废弃的
- isolated孤立的
- abandoned被抛弃的
- uninhabited无人居住的
- unhappy不快乐的
- miserable痛苦的
- depressed沮丧的
- inconsolable无法安慰的
- depressing令人沮丧的
- austere简朴的
- forbidding可怕的
- barren贫瘠的
- empty空的
- vacant空虚的
- void空的
- dreary沉闷的
- solitary孤独的
- devastate毁坏
- lay waste to糟蹋
- scourge灾难
- depopulate使人口减少
- desert沙漠
- bare赤裸的
- stark严酷的
- abandon放弃
- waste废物
- forsake放弃
- ravage毁坏
- lone孤单的
- lonely寂寞的，孤独的...
- alone单独的
【反义词】