desolate
gb/dˈɛsəlɪt/ us/dˈɛsəlɪt/
B2
Английски
~ 4600
Значения
0 значения
adjective
B2
property
1
Empty and lifeless
Used to talk about a place with no people, plants, or activity.
Модел на употреба:
[a place] is desolate
Честа грешка:
Learners sometimes confuse 'desolate' with 'isolated'. 'Isolated' means far from other places, but 'desolate' also means empty and lifeless.
Синоними
barren (Focuses more on the inability to support life, especially plant life.)
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bleak (Emphasizes harshness and lack of comfort in addition to emptiness.)
Антоними
populated (Describes a place with many people living there.)
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fertile (Describes land that can support abundant plant life.)
Колокации
desolate landscape
|desolate area
|desolate street
|desolate plain
Теми
geography
|nature
|travel
|core_vocabulary
Примери
- The once-busy town was now desolate after the factory closed.
- A desolate stretch of highway ran through the desert.
- The island looked desolate, with no signs of human habitation.
Примери за учащи
- The beach was desolate after the storm.
- This road is long and desolate.
- The farm is in a desolate area.
adjective
literary
C1
state
2
Very sad and lonely
Feeling very sad and alone.
Модел на употреба:
[someone] feels desolate
Честа грешка:
Learners may confuse 'desolate' with 'lonely'. 'Lonely' is common and neutral, while 'desolate' is stronger and more literary.
Синоними
forlorn (Implies sadness with a sense of abandonment.)
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heartbroken (Stronger focus on emotional pain from loss.)
Антоними
comforted (Feeling supported or reassured.)
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content (Feeling satisfied and at peace.)
Колокации
feel desolate
|look desolate
|emotionally desolate
Теми
emotions
|psychology
|core_vocabulary
Примери
- After the breakup, she felt utterly desolate.
- He looked desolate when he heard the news.
- The loss left him emotionally desolate for months.
Примери за учащи
- She felt desolate after her friend left.
- He was desolate when his dog died.
- I felt desolate when I moved to a new city.
Глагол
formal
C2
action
3
Make a place empty and lifeless
To make a place empty and without life.
Модел на употреба:
to desolate [a place]
Синоними
devastate (Often used for destruction caused by disaster or war.)
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ravage (Implies severe and often violent damage.)
Антоними
repopulate (To bring people back to live in a place.)
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restore (To bring something back to a good condition or to life.)
Колокации
war desolated the city
|desolated countryside
Теми
geography
|history
|core_vocabulary
Примери
- The hurricane desolated the coastal towns.
- Years of drought had desolated the farmland.
- War had desolated much of the region.
Примери за учащи
- The fire desolated the forest.
- The war desolated the city.
- The storm desolated the island.
Граматика
Речникова форма
desolate
IPA
GB/dˈɛsəlɪt/
US/dˈɛsəlɪt/
Срички и ударение
des - ol - ate (3 срички)
Stress on 1st syllable (des)
Форми на думата
Adjective
- Base: desolate
Verb
- Base: desolate
- 3rd Person Singular: desolates
- Present Participle: desolating
- Past: desolated
Семейство думи
Forms
desolates
verb
desolating
verb
desolated
verb
Core family
desolation
noun C1
Related words
desolately
adverb
Изрази
desolate wilderness
1/dˈɛsəlɪt wˈɪldɚnəs/
fixed phrase
Empty, lifeless natural area
An empty place in nature with no people or signs of life.
Примери
- They crossed a vast, desolate wilderness.
- The explorers were lost in a desolate wilderness.
leave someone desolate
1/lˈiv sˈʌmwˌʌn dˈɛsəlɪt/
fixed phrase
Make someone feel very sad and alone
To make someone feel very sad and alone.
Примери
- Her sudden departure left him desolate.
- The news of the accident left them desolate.