an unused area of land that has become barren or overgrown
荒地,未开垦地。
a bleak, unattractive, and unused or neglected urban or industrial area
(城区或工业区的)荒凉之地;废墟
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the restoration of industrial wasteland 工业废墟的重建
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figurative 〈喻〉the mid 70s are now seen as something of a cultural wasteland .70年代中期现在看来有些像一个文化荒漠时期。