desertion

The noun is pronounced /'dezət/. The pronunciation /dɪ'zɜːt/ is used for the verb and for meaning 8. The verb is hyphenated de|sert. 名词读作 /'dezət/。动词和义项 8 读作/dɪ'zɜːt/。动词分音节符号的位置为 de|sert。


1. N-VAR 沙漠;荒漠
   A desert is a large area of land, usually in a hot region, where there is almost no water, rain, trees, or plants.
   1. ...the Sahara Desert.
      撒哈拉大沙漠
   2. ...the burning desert sun...
      沙漠中火辣辣的太阳
   3. The vehicles have been modified to suit conditions in the desert.
      车辆已改装过以适应沙漠的环境。
2. N-COUNT 枯燥乏味的地方（或境况）
   If you refer to a place or situation as a desert, you think it is bad for people because it is not interesting, exciting, or useful in any way.
   1. They live in 12 high-rise apartment buildings that sit in a desert of concrete...
      他们居住的地方是坐落于一片钢筋水泥丛林中的12栋高层公寓楼。
   2. Pubs are a cultural desert.
      酒馆是文化沙漠。
3. VERB 离弃，舍弃(某地)
   If people or animals desert a place, they leave it and it becomes empty.
   1. Farmers are deserting their fields and coming here looking for jobs...
      小农场主正舍弃他们的土地，到这里来寻找工作。
   2. After the show, the audience deserts the Blackpool streets.
      演出结束后，观众从布莱克浦的大街上消失了踪迹。
4. VERB 抛弃，遗弃(某人)
   If someone deserts you, they go away and leave you, and no longer help or support you.
   1. Mrs Roding's husband deserted her years ago...
      罗丁太太的丈夫数年前抛弃了她。
   2. He has been deserted by most of his advisers.
      他的大多数顾问都弃他而去。
5. VERB 背弃;放弃;脱离
   If you desert something that you support, use, or are involved with, you stop supporting it, using it, or being involved with it.
   1. The paper's price rise will encourage readers to desert in even greater numbers...
      报纸价格的上涨将导致更多的读者不再订阅。
   2. He was pained to see many youngsters deserting kibbutz life...
      看到那么多的年轻人放弃了合作农场的生活，他感到很痛心。
   3. Spaniards are worried about German investors deserting Spain for Eastern Europe.
      西班牙人担心德国投资者放弃西班牙而转向东欧。
6. VERB 突然丧失(特质、技巧等)
   If a quality or skill that you normally have deserts you, you suddenly find that you do not have it when you need it or want it.
   1. Even when he appeared to be depressed, a dry sense of humour never deserted him...
      即使在他看上去很沮丧的时候，他也从没有丧失过自己的冷面幽默。
   2. She lost the next five games, and the set, as her confidence abruptly deserted her.
      她突然自信心全失，接下来连败 5 局，并最终丢了这一盘。
7. VERB 擅离(职守);（尤指从军队)开小差
   If someone deserts, or deserts a job, especially a job in the armed forces, they leave that job without permission.
   1. He was a second-lieutenant in the army until he deserted...
      他在擅离部队之前是一名陆军少尉。
   2. He deserted from army intelligence last month...
      上个月他从陆军情报机关开小差跑了。
   3. Young workers are more willing to desert jobs they don't like.
      年轻职工对不喜欢的工作更易擅自离职。
8. PHRASE 应得的惩罚;报应
   If you say that someone has got their just deserts, you mean that they deserved the unpleasant things that have happened to them, because they did something bad.
   1. At the end of the book the child's true identity is discovered, and the bad guys get their just deserts.
      在书的结尾，那个孩子的真实身份大白于世，坏人则得到了应有的惩罚。

1. Therefore, since the feelings of desertion is inevitable, investigated and prevented, what for?
   所以，既然感情开小差是不可避免的，追究和阻拦又有何用？
2. Sundered by divorce or separation or desertion.
   通过离婚、分离或者抛弃而不在一起。
3. I wondered how Albert who showed no intention of budging, felt about Leopold's desertion.
   对于从未有迁徙打算的艾伯特来说，我不知道它会怎样看待利奥波德这样弃它而去呢。
4. I keep re-reading your letter and I cannot work out whether you regard the risk of desertion as a reason to get married or a reason not to.
   我反复阅读了你的来信，但我吃不准：你是将被遗弃的风险看作结婚还是不结婚的理由。
5. His desertion had wounded sensibility far below the surface of her pride.
   他对她的疏远挫伤了比自尊心深得多的情感。
6. He's as bitter as gall at your desertion and its consequences: don't expect thanks for this noble devotion.
   他对于你的遗弃和这后果是怨恨透啦；对于你这种高尚的爱情不要期待感谢吧。
7. She found it hard to come to terms with her father's desertion of his family.
   她发现同父亲的弃家行为妥协是难以忍受的。
8. The desertion of his dog have touched him to the core.
   他的狗逃去无踪，使他大为伤心。
9. She could get a divorce on the grounds of desertion.
   她可以以遭到遗弃为理由获准离婚。
10. After two years he divorced his wife for desertion.
    两年后他因欲遗弃妻子而与她离了婚。
11. And shortly after there was a mass desertion.
    不久就有大批人逃亡。
12. His desertion from the army brought dishonour on his family.
    他当逃兵的事使他的家庭受了耻辱。
13. He was very mad at his wife's desertion.
    他对他妻子的离家出走非常愤怒。
14. Desertion is a ground for divorce.
    被配偶遗弃是离婚的充足理由。
15. His desertion to the enemy was a dishonor to his family.
    他的投敌行为对他的家庭是耻辱。
16. Three types of rulers are especially susceptible to desertion by their backers: new, decrepit and bankrupt leaders.
    有三种统治者极有可能遭遇其支持力量的背叛：新生的、衰老的、行将崩溃的。
17. He was shot for desertion in the face of the enemy.
    他面临敌人进攻时当逃兵，被枪决了。
18. Roger got his divorce on the grounds of desertion.
    罗杰以受抛弃为由离成了婚。
19. Let's go to a place full of happiness without desertion.
    让我们去个满是幸福的地方，那里没有遗弃。
20. Constant references to the staff as "family" only accentuate the feeling of desertion and deception.
    不断提到一起工作的同事似一家人，只会突出一种被抛弃、被欺骗的感觉。
21. Hepburn also suffered the loss of her father-not from the war, but by desertion.
    赫本的创伤并非全部来自战争，父亲的出走让她遭受了被遗弃之苦。
22. He was really affected most miserably of all by this desertion.
    在所有的事情中，她的遗弃确实让他最为痛苦。
23. Though plagued by poor discipline, inefficiency, corruption and desertion, it has so far remained politically reliable.
    尽管军队染上了纪律涣散、力欠缺、污腐败以及离队脱逃等恶习，但在政治上依然值得信赖。
24. It should be recognized that the current frequent occurrences of brutality, desertion and divorce are to some extent attributed to the fact they have no say in the matter of finance.
    应当认识到，当前频繁的家庭暴力、遗弃和离婚的发生某种程度上都归因于女性在经济上不独立。
25. The soldier was shot ie executed by shooting for desertion.
    那士兵因开小差儿而被处死。
26. But it was oiivier's desertion in ceyion which most affected her.
    但最影响她的是罗兰士离弃了她。
27. It is almost unimaginable how a badly wounded man in absolute desertion could stand the horror magnified by darkness for as long as8 hours.
    我们感叹一个受伤的人怎样在被孤独放大了许多倍的恐惧中熬过漫长的8小时？！
28. During the war, desertion was punishable by death.
    战争期间，开小差要处以死刑。
29. The desertion of an ally, especially from fear of war, saps the spirit of any army.
    抛弃盟国，尤其是害怕战争，就会使任何一支部队的士气被削弱。
30. I was solicited to argue this cause as Advocate General; and because I would not, I have been charged with desertion from my office.
    我是被恳请作为总辩护律师来为本案辩护的，由于我不想这麽做，我已被指控犯了擅离职守罪。

noun

1. withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility
   1. his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless

   Synonym:    abandonmentdefection

2. the act of giving something up

   Synonym:    abandonmentforsaking