wasteland
柯林斯词典
1. N-VAR A wasteland is an area of land on which not much can grow or which has been spoiled in some way. 荒地
The pollution has already turned vast areas into a wasteland. 污染已使大片地区变为荒原。
2. N-COUNT If you refer to a place, situation, or period in time as a wasteland, you are criticizing it because you think there is nothing interesting or exciting in it. (精神上或文化上的) 荒原[表不满]
...the cultural wasteland of Franco's repressive rule. …佛朗哥残暴统治下的文化荒原。
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wasteland /ˈweɪstˌlænd/ (wastelands)
剑桥词典
- [ 可数名词:有复数形式的名词 or 不可数或单数名词:没有复数形式的名词 ]
an empty area of land , especially in or near a city , that is not used to grow crops or built on, or used in any way
(尤指城市里或市郊的)荒地
The car was dumped in a stretch of wasteland in the south of the city . 那辆汽车被遗弃在该市南部的一片荒地里。
[ 单数名词 ] literary disapproving
a place , time , or situation that does not contain or produce anything positive , or that is completely without a particular quality or activity
荒原,荒漠(指缺乏积极向上等特质的时代或局面)
the spiritual wasteland of the 1980s 20世纪80年代的精神荒漠 返回 wasteland