词汇 | desert |
释义 | desert desert 1 /dɪ`zɝt/ (过去式: deserted; 过去完成式: deserted; 现在进行式: deserting) v.t. To forsake; abandon. 抛弃;放弃。 The man deserted his wife and children. 那人遗弃妻儿。 To withdraw from or leave usu. without intent to return. 离弃;放弃。 the silent deserted streets of the city at night 在夜晚寂静无人的市街。 To abandon (military service) without leave. 【军】开小差;潜逃。 The soldier deserted his company. 那士兵从连上脱逃。 Fail; betray. 使失望;背弃。 v.i. To run from duty; forsake a post. 擅离职守。 phrases desert one's colors 开小差;脱党;倒戈。 derivatives n. deserter. synonyms leave, fail, abandon. desert 2 /`dєzɚt/ n. A wilderness; solitude; esp. a vast expanse of dry, sandy waste. 荒漠;无人之境;沙漠。 Figuratively, anything unproductive or uninteresting. 【喻】不毛之地。 adj. Pertaining to a wilderness; waste; hence, figuratively, sterile. 荒漠的;沙漠的;【喻】荒芜贫瘠的。 derivatives n. desertification. desert 3 /dɪ`zɝt/ n. A deserved reward or punishment. (常用复数)应得之赏;应受之罚。 His reputation falls far below his desert. 他的名声远不及他所应得的。 phrases get [receive] one's just deserts 得到应得的赏罚(尤指处罚而言)。 |
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