wasteland

英 [ˈweɪst.lænd]      美 [ˈweɪst.lænd]
  • n. 荒地,不毛之地;未开垦地,荒漠;(精神或文化上的)贫乏
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wasteland (n.)
1825 as one word, from waste (adj.) + land (n.). Figurative sense is attested from 1868. Eliot's poem is from 1922.
April is the cruellest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain.
1. Everything was wrong, his life seemed to be a wasteland.
每件事都不对劲,他的生活百无聊赖。
2. The pollution has already turned vast areas into a wasteland.
污染已经使大片地区沦为不毛之地。
3. We shall turn this piece of wasteland into wheat fields.
我们要把这块不毛之地改成麦田.
4. They opened up large areas of wasteland and turned them into farmland.
他们在荒原上拓出大片农田.
5. The wasteland was transferred into fertile fields.
把荒地改变为良田.

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