desert verb ⇨abandon (The villages had been deserted.)⇨leave5 (Don't worry — I won't desert you.)desert
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desert ♦︎ wilderness ♦︎ bush ♦︎ wasteland ♦︎ the wilds ♦︎ no-man's land ♦︎ the outback ♦︎ dust bowl ♦︎ wastesThese words all mean a large area of land where very few people live or can survive.這些詞均表示荒涼之地。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆in / into the desert / the wilderness / the bush / the wilds / no-man's land / the outback◆across the desert / no-man's land / the outback◆arid / barren / arctic / frozen desert / wilderness / wasteland / wastes◆the Australian desert / wilderness / bush / outback◆the African desert / wilderness / bush◆a cultural desert / wasteland◆to become a desert / wasteland■desert [countable, uncountable] a large area of land that has very little water and very few plants growing on it. Many deserts are covered by sand.沙漠;荒漠;荒原◆the Sahara Desert撒哈拉大沙漠◆Somalia is mostly desert.索馬裏大部分地區都是荒漠。◆They travelled many miles across burning desert sands.他們在灼熱的沙漠裏行走了許多英裏。■wilderness ˈwɪldənəs; NAmEˈwɪldərnəs [countable, usually singular] a large area of land that has never been developed or used for growing crops because it is difficult to live there; a place that people do not take care of or control荒原;野地;荒蕪的地方◆The Antarctic is the world's last great wilderness.南極洲是世界上最後一個大荒原。◆ (NAmE) The US Department of Agriculture designated the land a wilderness area(= where it is not permitted to build houses or roads) in 1978.1978年美國農業部將這片土地劃定爲自然環境保留地區。◆That part of the city is a wilderness of run-down houses and derelict factories.該市的那一區域很荒僻,到處是破敗的住房和廢棄的工廠。■bush (often常作the bush) [uncountable] an area of wild land that has not been cleared, especially in Africa and Australia(尤指非洲和澳大利亞的)荒野◆Children are taught from an early age how to survive in the bush.孩子們從小就學習在荒野中求生的方法。■wastelandˈweɪstlænd [countable, uncountable] an area of land that cannot be used or that is no longer used for building or growing things on荒地;不毛之地;廢棄地◆City life could be improved by turning urban wastelands into parks.把城市的廢棄土地改造成公園能夠使城市生活得到改善。◆The film was shot in the desert wasteland of southern California.這部影片在加利福尼亞州南部的荒漠裏拍攝。■the wilds [plural] areas of a country far from towns or cities, where few people live偏遠地區;人煙稀少的地區◆It's a true tale of survival in the wilds of Alaska.這是一個在阿拉斯加人煙稀少的地區求生的真實故事。◆ (humorous) They live on a farm somewhere out in the wilds.他們住在邊遠地區的一個農場裏。■ˈno-man's land [uncountable, singular] an area of land between the borders of two countries or between two armies, that is not controlled by either(邊境的)無人區域;(兩軍之間的)無人地帶◆He led his platoon across no-man's land.他率領一排士兵越過了無人地帶。■the outback [countable, singular] the area of Australia that is a long way from the coast and the towns, where few people live(澳大利亞的)内地,内陸地區◆They live an isolated life in the outback of New South Wales.他們在新南威爾士州的内陸地區過着與世隔絕的生活。■ˈdust bowl [countable, usually singular] an area of land that has recently been turned into desert by lack of rain or too much farming風沙侵蝕區;幹旱塵暴區◆Many families struggled to survive in the Oklahoma Dust Bowl of the 1930s.20世紀30年代,許多家庭在俄克拉何馬州的風沙侵蝕區苦苦掙紮求生。■wastes [plural] (formal) a large area of land where there are very few people, animals or plants荒原;荒蕪地區;人煙稀少的地區◆Millions of people were exiled to the frozen wastes of Siberia.數百萬人被流放到西伯利亞的凍土荒原。