desolation
英 [ˌdes.əlˈeɪ.ʃən]
美 [ˌdes.əlˈeɪ.ʃən]
将“desolation”分解为“de”和“solation”。将“de”理解为否定前缀,代表“没有”或“缺少”,而“solation”可以想象为“sol”加上“ation”,其中“sol”是“孤独”的意思,“ation”是名词后缀。结合起来,想象一个地方没有人或东西,充满了孤独和荒凉,这就是“desolation”的含义,即荒凉、孤独或萧条。
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- desolation (n.)
- late 14c., "action of laying waste," also "sorrow, grief," from Old French desolacion (12c.) "desolation, devastation, hopelessness, despair," from Church Latin desolationem (nominative desolatio), noun of action from past participle stem of desolare (see desolate (adj.)). Meaning "condition of being ruined or wasted" is from early 15c.
- 1. Kozelek expresses his sense of desolation absolutely without self-pity.
- 科泽莱克不带一丝顾影自怜地表达了自己的凄凉悲怆之感。
- 2. We looked out upon a scene of desolation and ruin.
- 我们放眼望去,眼前是一片荒凉的废墟。
- 3. a scene of utter desolation
- 满目疮痍的景象
- 4. We couldn't stay out there in that desolation another day.
- 在那个荒凉的地方我们一天也呆不下去了.
- 5. He found the old house in complete desolation.
- 他发现那间旧房子十分荒凉.