desolation

英 [ˌdesəˈleɪʃn]

美 [ˌdesəˈleɪʃn]

n. 孤寂; 悲哀; 忧伤; 废墟; 荒芜; 凄凉

复数：desolations　

BNC.14579 / COCA.17109

牛津词典

noun

孤寂；悲哀；忧伤
the feeling of being very lonely and unhappy
废墟；荒芜；凄凉
the state of a place that is ruined or destroyed and offers no joy or hope to people
1. a scene of utter desolation
  满目疮痍的景象

N-UNCOUNT 凄凉;孤寂;悲怆;绝望
Desolationis a feeling of great unhappiness and hopelessness.
1. Kozelek expresses his sense of desolation absolutely without self-pity.
  科泽莱克不带一丝顾影自怜地表达了自己的凄凉悲怆之感。
N-UNCOUNT 荒凉;荒芜;荒废;满目疮痍
If you refer todesolationin a place, you mean that it is empty and frightening, for example because it has been destroyed by a violent force or army.
1. We looked out upon a scene of desolation and ruin...
  我们放眼望去，眼前是一片荒凉的废墟。
2. She says the army left desolation and death through the whole of northern Morazan.
  她说军队在整个莫拉桑省北部留下了满目疮痍和遍野横尸。

noun

an event that results in total destruction
Synonym:devastation
sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned
Synonym:forlornnessloneliness
a bleak and desolate atmosphere
1. the nakedness of the landscape
Synonym:bleaknessbarenessnakedness
the state of being decayed or destroyed
Synonym:devastation

How can you live in such desolation?
你怎么能住在这种荒凉的地方？
Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
[和合]你的圣邑变为旷野，锡安变为旷野，16耶路撒冷成为荒场。
He hath turned for me my mourning into laughter, and my desolation into joy;
祂将我的悲哀化为欢笑，将我的忧伤化为喜乐。
That old man lives in desolation and poverty.
那个老人生活在孤独和贫困中。
Second, his grief and indignation, including a hero's desolation and poverty.
其次是他的悲愤，包括英雄失路的悲情和贫民生活的悲惨。
A sense of desolation overwhelmed me.
我感到无限凄凉。
Plant diseases, drought, desolation, despair were recurrent catastrophes during the ages.
植物的病害、于旱、荒芜和绝望是那个时代常发生的灾难。
And the feeling of desolation mixed with his fear of death.
一种凄凉之感和对死亡的恐惧在他心头交织。
Even though there are no flowers along the way, I can still enjoy the desolation.
即使路上没有花朵，我仍然可以欣赏荒芜。
How is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
巴比伦在列国中何竟荒凉。