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

• A modern city has been set up in what was a wasteland ten years ago.
  十年前这里还是一片荒地，现在一座现代化的城市已在这里树立起来。
• Then I will become the ultimate ruler of this wasteland engulfed with pandemonium!
  然后，我将成为这片被地狱所吞噬的荒土的绝对者。
• In China, the land is overgrazed causing an ongoing increase of desert like wasteland and dust bowls.
  在中国，大地被过度放牧导致一个持续增长的沙漠如荒地以及沙尘暴。
• Trapped in this wasteland inhabited by the sick, the drugged, and their indifferent keeper.
  陷入了其中只有病人、吸毒者和冷漠看守者的这一绝境之中。
• Repopulation. That's the most important thing to reestablish the civilization in the wasteland.
  人口重生。这才是在废土上重建文明的最重要的事情。
• They opened up large tracts of wasteland.
  他们开垦了大片荒地。
• A modern city was built in what used to be a wasteland.
  一座现代化的城市在过去的荒地上建了起来。
• 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。
• 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。
• They opened up large areas of wasteland and turned them into farmland.
  他们在荒原上拓出大片农田。