desolate

verb

1. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

e.g. The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion

Synonym: lay waste towastedevastateravagescourge

2. reduce in population

e.g. The epidemic depopulated the countryside

Synonym: depopulate

3. leave someone who needs or counts on you
leave in the lurch

e.g. The mother deserted her children

Synonym: abandonforsakedesert

adj

1. crushed by grief

e.g. depressed and desolate of soul
a low desolate wail

2. providing no shelter or sustenance

e.g. bare rocky hills
barren lands
the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes
the desolate surface of the moon
a stark landscape

Synonym: barebarrenbleakstark

1. 荒凉的;荒芜的;荒废的;无人烟的
A desolate place is empty of people and lacking in comfort.

e.g. ...a desolate landscape of flat green fields broken by marsh...
平坦绿野被沼泽割裂开的荒凉景色
e.g. Half-ruined, hardly a building untouched, it's a desolate place.
这里大半遭毁，几乎没有一栋建筑完好无损，变成了一块荒废之地。

2. 凄凉的;孤寂的;孤独忧伤的
If someone is desolate, they feel very sad, alone, and without hope.

e.g. He was desolate without her.
没有她，他感到孤独而凄凉。

3. 使不悦;使痛苦;使悲惨
If something desolates you, it upsets you and makes you very unhappy.

e.g. Their inclination to wait and demand more resources desolated President Lincoln.
他们总是等待并要求得到更多资财的倾向让林肯总统甚感不快。

1. 荒凉,荒芜的：designate 指派,任命 | desolate 荒凉,荒芜的 | despicable 可鄙,卑劣的

2. 荒凉的,极度孤独的：lonely :孤独的;荒凉的,偏僻的 | desolate:荒凉的,极度孤独的 | ★threaten v. 威胁

3. 荒凉的：control 控制 | desolate 荒凉的 | destruction 破坏,毁灭

4. 地方--无人居住,荒无人烟的：desolate : 荒凉的, 极度孤独的(与人相连时) | desolate 地方--无人居住, 荒无人烟的 | ★threaten v 威胁的