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

• 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。
• 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。
• They opened up large tracts of wasteland.
  他们开垦了大片荒地。
• 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。
• Environmental problems and countermeasures in land reclamation in mining wasteland
  矿业废弃地复垦中的环境问题及对策建议
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。