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

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。
Where Do You Turn in a Time of Indecision and Desolation?
在犹豫不决感觉凄凉的时候，你会做什么？
How is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
巴比伦在列国中何竟荒凉。
Let the human tempest and hurricane rage at a distance, the desolation is beyond the horizon of peace.
让人类的暴风骤雨在远方肆虐的荒凉超越了地平线上。
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。
How can you live in such desolation?
你怎么能住在这种荒凉的地方？
One of his projects, a three-year effort at Desolation Sound, was interrupted last year by the logging.
他在德索莱申海峡的一个已花了3年时间的课题去年由于伐木而被迫中断了。
Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
恐惧和陷坑，残害和毁灭，都临近我们。
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。
But having got it, I am prostrate with exhaustion; I seem to have been sucked dry of all my energy, and I feel nothing but desolation.
可是我得到了也累垮了，我像被抽空了一样精疲力尽，心境苍凉。