desolation
desolation 英 [ˌdesəˈleɪʃn] 美 [ˌdɛsəˈleʃən, ˌdɛz-]
n. 荒芜；忧伤；孤寂；废墟
名词复数:desolations
- Desolation is emptiness and hopelessness. It can describe a poor, dirty, treeless town or a broken heart.
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- n. 荒芜；忧伤；孤寂；废墟
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1. The suffering and desolation that he wrought was beyond human power or fortitude to compute.
他酿成的苦楚和忧伤是人类的力量和意志所无法估量的。
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2. “You are honest and good, ” Ivetta had finally declared from her desolation at the edge of the bed.
“你很诚实，人也很好。” 艾薇塔终于打破了闷坐在床边的孤寂，开口说道。
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3. A perfect misanthropist's heaven: and Mr. Heathcliff and I are such a suitable pair to divide the desolation between us.
这里是隐居者的完美天堂，而分享这里的荒芜，希斯克利夫先生和我是再好不过的一对了。
- desolation (n.) late 14c., "action of laying waste," also "sorrow, grief," from Old French desolacion (12c.) "desolation, devastation, hopelessness, despair," from Church Latin desolationem (nominative desolatio), noun of action from past participle stem of desolare (see desolate (adj.)). Meaning "condition of being ruined or wasted" is from early 15c.
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