desolate名词

1. 凄凉的，孤独的，孤寂的，孤苦伶仃的
2. 荒凉的，荒无人烟的，荒废的，荒芜的
3. 惨淡的，不幸的
4. （地方）无人居住的

1. 使荒芜，使荒凉，使荒废，使杳无人迹，使荒无人烟
2. 使孤寂，使孤单，使凄凉，使悲惨，使悲伤绝望，使痛苦，使沮丧
3. 毁坏，损毁，破坏
4. 使不适于居住
5. 遗弃，抛弃，丢弃

1. 无人的，荒凉的 empty of people,barren
2. 阴郁的，孤独凄凉的 depressed,lonely and sad

1. vt. 毁坏，极大地破坏 cause great destruction of,ravage
2. vt. 使沮丧，使痛苦 depress,deeply sadden

1.荒凉的;荒芜的;荒废的;无人烟的
Adesolate place is empty of people and lacking in comfort.

e.g. ...adesolate landscape of flat green fields broken by marsh...
平坦绿野被沼泽割裂开的荒凉景色
e.g. Half-ruined, hardly a building untouched, it's adesolate 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。

2.凄凉的;孤寂的;孤独忧伤的
If someone isdesolate, they feel very sad, alone, and without hope.

e.g. He wasdesolate without her.
没有她，他感到孤独而凄凉。

3.使不悦;使痛苦;使悲惨
If somethingdesolates you, it upsets you and makes you very unhappy.

e.g. Their inclination to wait and demand more resources desolated President Lincoln.
他们总是等待并要求得到更多资财的倾向让林肯总统甚感不快。

1. Surf booms upon a desolate shore.
   波浪轰隆隆地拍打着荒凉的海岸。

1. He has been desolate since his wife died.
   自从妻子去世后，他一直很孤独。

1. War has desolated that city.
   战争毁坏了那个城市。
2. Her death desolated him.
   她的死使他很痛苦。

• To stand, like a desolate sea-bird, alone.

  出自：V. Woolf

• Never in his life before had he felt so desolatesabandoned by everyone who had ever loved him.

  出自：P. P. Read

• Would quite desolate the island, and starve them.

  出自：Defoe

• As if the city had been desolated by the plague.

  出自：C. Lyell

lonely，alone，desolate，lone，solitary

这些形容词均有“孤单的，寂寞的”之意。

lonely强调孤独感，含“渴望和他人在一起”的意味。

alone普通用词，指独自一人的状态，有时含孤寂之意。

desolate语气强烈，强调遭受损失和失去亲人所带来的难以忍受的痛苦。

lone较文雅，可与lonely换用。

solitary可指因被遗忘或遗弃而产生的孤独感，也可指人的生性孤僻。