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wasteland

英 ['weɪs(t)lænd; -lənd] 美['westlənd]
  • n. 荒地,不毛之地;未开垦地,荒漠;(精神或文化上的)贫乏

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复数: wastelands;

英文词源


wasteland (n.)
1825 as one word, from waste (adj.) + land (n.). Figurative sense is attested from 1868. Eliot's poem is from 1922.
April is the cruellest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain.

双语例句


1. Everything was wrong, his life seemed to be a wasteland.
每件事都不对劲,他的生活百无聊赖。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The pollution has already turned vast areas into a wasteland.
污染已经使大片地区沦为不毛之地。

来自柯林斯例句

3. We shall turn this piece of wasteland into wheat fields.
我们要把这块不毛之地改成麦田.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4. They opened up large areas of wasteland and turned them into farmland.
他们在荒原上拓出大片农田.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5. The wasteland was transferred into fertile fields.
把荒地改变为良田.

来自《简明英汉词典》

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