desolate

动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To deprive of inhabitants.
    — If you consider well of the People of the West-Indies, it is very probable, that they are a newer or younger People, than the People of the old World. And it is much more likely, that the destruction that hath heretofore been there, was not by Earthquakes, […] but rather, it was Desolated by a particular Deluge: For Earthquakes are seldom in those Parts.
  2. To devastate or lay waste somewhere.
    — Then Moath pointed where a cloud Of Locusts, from the desolated fields Of Syria, wing’d their way.
  3. To abandon or forsake something.
    — It is not to be supposed that when Cush left Armenia, he left it desolate, and that a rich and long settled country was abandoned altogether; for it would be an absurd way of founding an universal empire, to desolate one country in order to people another.
  4. To make someone sad, forlorn and hopeless.
    — It is not altogether uncommon to hear a reader whose heart has been desolated by the poignancy of a narrative complain that the writer is unemotional.
形容词 adj.
  1. Deserted and devoid of inhabitants.
    — a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house
  2. Barren and lifeless.
  3. Made unfit for habitation or use because of neglect, destruction etc.
    — desolate altars
  4. Dismal or dreary.
  5. Sad, forlorn and hopeless.
    — He was left desolate by the early death of his wife.

词形变化

more desolate comparative most desolate superlative desolates present,singular,third-person desolating participle,present desolated participle,past desolated past

词汇关系

衍生词
desolately desolateness desolater desolatory
相关词
desolation

词源

词源 1
From Middle English desolat(e). See Etymology 2 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more.
词源 2
From Middle English desolaten (“to desolate”), from desolat(e) (“desolate”), from Latin dēsōlātus, perfect passive participle of dēsōlō (“to leave alone, make lonely, lay waste, desolate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more.
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