desolate
gb/dˈɛsəlɪt/ us/dˈɛsəlɪt/
B2
英语
~ 4600
义项
0 个义项
adjective
B2
property
1
Empty and lifeless
Used to talk about a place with no people, plants, or activity.
用法模式：
[a place] is desolate
常见错误：
Learners sometimes confuse 'desolate' with 'isolated'. 'Isolated' means far from other places, but 'desolate' also means empty and lifeless.
近义词
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.)
反义词
populated (Describes a place with many people living there.)
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fertile (Describes land that can support abundant plant life.)
搭配
desolate landscape
|desolate area
|desolate street
|desolate plain
主题
geography
|nature
|travel
|core_vocabulary
例句
- 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.
学习者例句
- 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.
用法模式：
[someone] feels desolate
常见错误：
Learners may confuse 'desolate' with 'lonely'. 'Lonely' is common and neutral, while 'desolate' is stronger and more literary.
近义词
forlorn (Implies sadness with a sense of abandonment.)
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heartbroken (Stronger focus on emotional pain from loss.)
反义词
comforted (Feeling supported or reassured.)
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content (Feeling satisfied and at peace.)
搭配
feel desolate
|look desolate
|emotionally desolate
主题
emotions
|psychology
|core_vocabulary
例句
- After the breakup, she felt utterly desolate.
- He looked desolate when he heard the news.
- The loss left him emotionally desolate for months.
学习者例句
- She felt desolate after her friend left.
- He was desolate when his dog died.
- I felt desolate when I moved to a new city.
动词
formal
C2
action
3
Make a place empty and lifeless
To make a place empty and without life.
用法模式：
to desolate [a place]
近义词
devastate (Often used for destruction caused by disaster or war.)
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ravage (Implies severe and often violent damage.)
反义词
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.)
搭配
war desolated the city
|desolated countryside
主题
geography
|history
|core_vocabulary
例句
- The hurricane desolated the coastal towns.
- Years of drought had desolated the farmland.
- War had desolated much of the region.
学习者例句
- The fire desolated the forest.
- The war desolated the city.
- The storm desolated the island.
语法
词典原形
desolate
IPA
GB/dˈɛsəlɪt/
US/dˈɛsəlɪt/
音节与重音
des - ol - ate （3 个音节）
Stress on 1st syllable (des)
词形变化
Adjective
- Base: desolate
Verb
- Base: desolate
- 3rd Person Singular: desolates
- Present Participle: desolating
- Past: desolated
词族
Forms
desolates
verb
desolating
verb
desolated
verb
Core family
desolation
noun C1
Related words
desolately
adverb
相关表达
desolate wilderness
1/dˈɛsəlɪt wˈɪldɚnəs/
fixed phrase
Empty, lifeless natural area
An empty place in nature with no people or signs of life.
例句
- 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.
例句
- Her sudden departure left him desolate.
- The news of the accident left them desolate.