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  1. 1

    A very strong word with two related uses. First, a place that has been left completely empty and ruined — no people, no life, nothing growing — often after a war, fire, or disaster. Second, a deep feeling of sadness and complete loneliness, stronger than ordinary sadness, as if everything good has been taken away.

    （地方）荒涼、滿目瘡痍；（心情）淒涼、絕望的孤獨感

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組成de- (used here as an intensifier, "completely") + Latin solus ("alone") + -ation — literally "made completely alone."

同家族的字

  • solofrom the same Latin word solus, "alone"
  • solitaryalso from Latin solus, "alone"
  • desolatethe adjective form of the same word

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

desolationnoun/ˌdɛsəˈleɪʃən/

  • 1

    The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.

  • 2

    The state of being desolated or laid waste

    • I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
    • One or two uncovered masses appeared like the lingering foot-prints of desolation; but in general where the statelier trees had not taken root, the soil was luxuriantly covered with heath and the golden blossomed furze.
  • 3

    A place or country wasted and forsaken.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。