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 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。
• This wasteland isn't big enough for the both of us!
  这片荒地对我们来说都太小了！
• 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。
• 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。
• Government, through the funding of planting fruit trees to make green wasteland successfully improved the ecological environment.
  政府通过资助种植果树以使荒地变绿，成功的改善了生态环境。
• Large tracts of wasteland have become a granary.
  荒滩变成米粮川。
• 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。
• His land is adjacent to the biggest vegetable wasteland in the county.
  他的土地毗邻县上最大的蔬菜废弃物囤积地。
• 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。
• The smell from the wasteland has driven every farm worker away.
  从蔬菜废弃物囤积地传来的气味吓跑了农场的工人。