Adjective:
providing no shelter or sustenance;bare rocky hills
barren lands
the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes
the desolate surface of the moon
a stark landscape
crushed by grief;depressed and desolate of soul
a low desolate wail
Verb:
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch;The mother deserted her children
reduce in population;The epidemic depopulated the countryside
cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly;The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
lonely，alone，desolate，lone，solitary这些形容词均有“孤单的，寂寞的”之意。
lonely强调孤独感，含“渴望和他人在一起”的意味。
alone普通用词，指独自一人的状态，有时含孤寂之意。
desolate语气强烈，强调遭受损失和失去亲人所带来的难以忍受的痛苦。
lone较文雅，可与lonely换用。
solitary可指因被遗忘或遗弃而产生的孤独感，也可指人的生性孤僻。
近义词 void空的empty空的waste废物desert沙漠bare赤裸的ravage毁坏lone孤单的bleak萧瑟的scourge灾难stark严酷的abandon放弃forsake放弃alone单独的gloomy阴暗的dismal阴沉的barren贫瘠的vacant空虚的dreary沉闷的forlorn孤独的austere简朴的devastate毁坏deserted废弃的isolated孤立的solitary孤独的unhappy不快乐的miserable痛苦的depressed沮丧的forbidding可怕的lay waste to糟蹋abandoned被抛弃的depressing令人沮丧的depopulate使人口减少uninhabited无人居住的lonely寂寞的，孤独的…inconsolable无法安慰的反义词 happy高兴的joyful愉快的cheerful高兴的
用作形容词adj.
用作定语
～+ n.Surf booms upon a desolate shore.波浪轰隆隆地拍打着荒凉的海岸。
用作表语
S+be+～He has been desolate since his wife died.自从妻子去世后，他一直很孤独。用作动词v.
用作及物动词
S+ ～+n./pron.War has desolated that city.战争毁坏了那个城市。
Her death desolated him.她的死使他很痛苦。
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用作形容词We saw few houses in thedesolatevalley.在这荒凉的山谷里,我们很少见到房子。
The railway station becamedesolatein the war.战争期间，这个火车站变得荒凉了。
Heavy rain will wash away the soil fromdesolatehills.大雨将把泥土从荒凉的山丘上冲走。
This place isdesolateof all vegetation.这个地方不长草木。
They planted grass seed on thedesolatehills.他们在那些荒芜的山丘上撒播草籽。
I felt sodesolateand so angry.我感到异常孤愤。
He has beendesolatesince his wife died.自从妻子去世后, 他一直很孤独。 Hanging out with little friends to some desolated places.
和一两个朋友去人烟稀少的地方。 hicoo
In various theories, the theoretical research of the translation of classical Chinese function words into English may have been desolated.
理解是翻译的第一步，对于文言虚词的英译显得尤为重要。 fabiao
The invading army desolated the country.
入侵军队使该国饱受蹂躏。 chinafanyi.com
The desolated heart sees the endless fights.
孤寂的心见证了永无休止的争斗。 blog.sina.com.cn
After the war, the villagers hope to return to their desolated homes.
战后，村民们期望能够回到他们荒芜的家园。 blog.sina.com.cn
Happiness is when the desolated soul meets love.
幸福是荒废的灵魂遇到爱的邂逅。 ebigear
He desolated large parts of Italy.
他使意大利大部分地区人烟荒芜。 kuenglish
I was sure that the tarred road would have found it out and I wondered in what other ways it would be desolated.
我肯定沥青路会通到了湖边，但还是想知道它会以别的什么方式荒凉着。 putclub.com
Many coastal towns were desolated by the hurricane.
许多沿海城镇遭到飓风袭击而荒芜。《21世纪大英汉词典》
She was desolated to hear that Tom was going to leave the place.
她听到汤姆要离开该地而感到难过。 iciba
She has the feeling of being desolated by her friend.
她感到被她的朋友抛弃或遗弃了。 www.dy97.cn
We were desolated by the death of our good friend.
我们好朋友的去世使我们很难过。《21世纪大英汉词典》
Without knowing that the noisy can only make you lonelier and deeper desolated soon after.
却不知道嘈杂的地方指挥让你们更孤独，喧嚣之后是更深的落寞。 etjy
Without knowing that the noise can only make ourselves lonely and desolated.
却不知喧嚣之处只能让自己更孤独，更落寞。 bbs.city.tianya.cn