desolate「無人居住的；荒無人煙的」運用

desolate「無人寓居的；荒無火食的」運用

Word of the Day：May 26, 2021

desolate

無人寓居的；荒無火食的；荒涼的

adjective DESS-uh-lut

wd20210526.mp32:15來自E語Tong

Definition

1：devoid of inhabitants and visitors：deserted

沒有住民和沒有游客：冷清、荒涼

2：joyless, disconsolate, and sorrowful through or as if through separation from a loved one

（經過或像是經過）與所愛的人分散而感受無助，懊喪，傷心

3 a：showing the effects of abandonment and neglect：dilapidated

被遺棄和被無視的影響：破敗的、年久失修的

b：barren, lifeless

荒涼的、瘠薄的，無生命的

c：devoid of warmth, comfort, or hope gloomy

缺乏暖和、溫馨的或短少渴望的

Examples

"In the final stretch of the long journey from Pyongyang to Moscow, a Russian diplomat loads his family's possessions onto a wooden cart.… Through the biting February cold, the cart inches through the desolate North Korean countryside as the diplomat pushes from behind to help the group of eight reach the Russian borders." — Jean H. Lee, The Wilson Quarterly, 3 Mar. 2021

在從平壤到莫斯科的最初一段遠程旅游中，一名俄羅斯交際官將家人的產業裝上了一輛木車……在二月徹骨的嚴寒中，交際官在后方推著車在荒涼的朝鮮鄉村中緩慢行進，協助八國團體抵達俄羅斯疆域?！?/span>

"Julien Baker, as she's adding reverb to her guitar, strives to add chilling effects to her already desolate words, not to make them feel more relatable. She wants them to sting." — Bre Offenberger, The Post (Athens, Ohio), 5 Apr. 2021

朱利安·貝克（Julien Baker）在為吉他曲添加混響時，積極為瘠薄的語句增加令人線人一新的后果，不是使它們變得親密。她渴望它們（使人）有刺痛感（能震動人的神經的以為？）。

Did You Know?

The word desolate hasn't strayed far from its Latin roots: its earliest meaning of "deserted" mirrors that of its Latin source dēsōlātus, which comes from the verb dēsōlāre, meaning "to leave all alone, forsake, empty of inhabitants." That word's root is sōlus, meaning "lone, acting without a partner, lonely, deserted," source too of sole, soliloquy, solitary, solitude, and solo. Desolate also functions as a verb with its most common meanings being "to lay waste" and "to make wretched; to make someone deeply dejected or distressed."

“desolate”并沒有太偏離其拉丁的詞根：最早的意思是“deserted「被遺棄的」”，反應了它的拉丁語詞源 dēsōlātus ，它來主動詞 dēsōlāre，意思是“to leave all alone「掉臂統統，丟棄，無人寓居」”。這個詞的詞根是sōlus，意思是“ lone「孤單的」， acting without a partner「無伴之旅」，lonely「孤單的」， deserted「被遺棄的」”，也是sole「僅有的；唯一的」, soliloquy「獨白」, solitary「單獨的；單獨的」, solitude「獨居，獨處」，和solo「合唱；合奏」的詞源。Desolate也作為動詞使用，最稀有的意思是“to lay waste「使荒涼」”和“to make wresched「使不幸」”;to make someone deeply dejected or distressed「使或人十分懊喪或痛楚」?！?/span>

Name That Synonym:

Fill in the blanks to complete a synonym of desolate: g _ _ _ t.