(of a place)uninhabited and giving an impression of bleak and dismal emptiness
无人烟的;荒凉的;凄凉的
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a desolate Pennine moor .荒无人烟的奔宁山脉沼泽地。
feeling or showing misery, unhappiness, or loneliness
痛苦的,不幸的;孤独的
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I suddenly felt desolate and bereft .我突然产生了一种凄苦落寞的感觉。
[with obj.]make (a place) appear bleakly and depressingly empty or bare
使(地方)变得荒凉(或荒芜)
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the droughts that desolated the dry plains .使这些干燥的平原变成一片荒芜的旱灾。
(一般作
使感到极其悲惨(或不幸)
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he was desolated by the deaths of his treasured friends .他挚友的去世使他悲痛欲绝。
"late Middle English: from Latin