wasteland

英 [ˈweɪstlænd]

美 [ˈweɪstlænd]

n.  荒地; 荒原; 不毛之地

复数：wastelands　

Collins.1 / BNC.14913 / COCA.14722

牛津词典

noun

• 荒地；荒原；不毛之地
  an area of land that cannot be used or that is no longer used for building or growing things on
  1. industrial wasteland
     工业废地
  2. the desert wastelands of Arizona
     亚利桑那州的荒漠
  3. The mid 1970s are seen as a cultural wasteland for rock music.
     20世纪70年代中期被视为摇滚乐的文化荒漠。

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 荒地;荒原;不毛之地
  Awastelandis an area of land on which not much can grow or which has been spoiled in some way.
  1. 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。
  2. ...a 1 billion scheme which was to transform the wasteland of London's docks.
     耗资10亿英镑的旨在改造伦敦港区荒地的计划
  3. ...an industrial wasteland.
     工业废墟
• N-COUNT (地方、情形或时期的)沉闷乏味，单调
  If you refer to a place, situation, or period in time as awasteland, you are criticizing it because you think there is nothing interesting or exciting in it.
  1. ...the cultural wasteland of Franco's repressive rule...
     佛朗哥高压统治下的文化贫瘠
  2. 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。

英英释义

noun

• an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
  1. the barrens of central Africa
  2. the trackless wastes of the desert
  Synonym:barrenwaste

双语例句

• We shall turn this piece of wasteland into wheat fields.
  我们要把这块不毛之地改成麦田。
• This wasteland isn't big enough for the both of us!
  这片荒地对我们来说都太小了！
• In his later work, britain's inner cities are depicted as a cultural wasteland.
  在他的晚期作品当中，英国的城市贫民区被描绘成了文化荒漠。
• Constituted the dead and endless summer in the wasteland.
  都在这一个无尽漫长的夏天成为了荒原的旱季。
• This beautiful forest has been reduced to a wasteland.
  这片美丽的森林被毁，变成了一片荒地。
• For several days we drove across an arid wasteland of dust and stones.
  好几天我们都驶过满是尘土与石头的干旱荒地。
• In the coming years more wasteland will be opened up in a planned way.
  在以后几年中，将有计划地开垦更多的荒地。
• They opened up large areas of wasteland and turned them into farmland.
  他们在荒原上拓出大片农田。
• Large tracts of wasteland have become a granary.
  荒滩变成米粮川。
• They opened up large tracts of wasteland.
  他们开垦了大片荒地。