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desolate + noun (person)
此用法较正式，常用于文学语境。
He desolated his family when he moved abroad.
他移居国外，遗弃了家人。
使荒废；使沦为废墟；彻底破坏
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使荒废；使沦为废墟；彻底破坏
to cause great damage to a place, leaving it empty or in ruins
He desolated his family when he moved abroad.
他移居国外，遗弃了家人。
使无人居住
To deprive of inhabitants.
抛弃需要或依赖你的人；使陷入困境
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
使某地荒废或沦为废墟
To devastate or lay waste somewhere.
使人口减少
reduce in population
desolate
Base
原形
desolates
3rd person
第三人称单数
desolating
-ing
现在分词
desolated
Past
过去式
desolated
Past participle
过去分词
War desolates entire regions.
战争使整个地区荒芜。
The earthquake desolated the village.
地震使村庄沦为废墟。
Years of drought have desolated the farmland.
多年的干旱已使农田荒芜。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
The prolonged drought desolated the once fertile farmland.
长期的干旱使曾经肥沃的农田变得荒芜。
He felt completely desolated when his closest friend moved away.
当他最亲密的朋友搬走时，他感到完全被遗弃了。
The invading army desolated the entire village, leaving nothing standing.
入侵军队彻底摧毁了整个村庄，没有留下一座完整的建筑。
此用法较正式，常用于文学语境。
He desolated his family when he moved abroad.
他移居国外，遗弃了家人。
常与战争、灾难等词搭配。
The war desolated the entire region.
战争使整个地区沦为废墟。
被动语态，强调主语遭受破坏。
The city was desolated by the earthquake.
这座城市被地震夷为平地。
Not this
He felt desolate after his girlfriend left him.
Use this
He felt desolated after his girlfriend left him.
误将 'desolate' 用作形容词。'Desolate' 作动词时意为'使荒芜'或'遗弃'，其过去分词 'desolated' 才可作形容词表示'感到被遗弃的'。
Not this
The war desolated the city to ruins.
Use this
The war desolated the city, leaving it in ruins.
误用介词搭配。动词 'desolate' 后不直接接介词短语表示结果，应使用分词或从句来描述结果状态。
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使土地荒芜
The invading army desolated the land.
入侵的军队使土地变得荒芜。
使城市沦为废墟
The earthquake desolated the city in minutes.
地震几分钟内就将这座城市变成了废墟。
因…而悲痛欲绝
She was desolated by the news of her friend's death.
她因朋友去世的消息而悲痛欲绝。
抛弃家人
He desolated his family when he moved abroad and never returned.
他搬到国外再也没回来，抛弃了家人。
使人口锐减
The famine desolated the population of the region.
饥荒使该地区的人口锐减。
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把desolate拆成de+sol+ate联想：太阳(sol)被吃掉(ate)了，大地荒芜无人烟，令人孤独绝望。
语域：formal 常见场景：literary prose、formal writing、historical narrative desolate 作动词时通常用于正式或文学语境，多表示“使荒废”或“使凄凉/悲伤”，日常口语中较少使用；非正式场合更常用 devastate 或 make sb feel sad/abandoned。
作及物动词，意为‘使荒凉、使孤独’，后接宾语。
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