deserted

adj.

1. 无人居住的；空寂无人的
   with no people in it
   1. deserted streets
      空无一人的街道
2. 被抛弃的；被遗弃的；被舍弃的
   left by a person or people who do not intend to return
   1. a deserted village
      被舍弃的村庄
   2. deserted wives
      遭遗弃的妻子

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. Ingrid darted across the deserted street
   英格丽德飞奔过空无一人的街道。
2. Mrs Roding's husband deserted her years ago
   罗丁太太的丈夫数年前抛弃了她。
3. He has been deserted by most of his advisers.
   他的大多数顾问都弃他而去。
4. 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。
5. 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。
6. He deserted from army intelligence last month
   上个月他从陆军情报机关开小差跑了。
7. The street was deserted except for a cat lifting its paws off the frosty stones.
   街上空无一人，只有一只猫在结霜的石砖上拾爪而行。
8. Mogadishu is said to be a virtual ghost town, deserted by two-thirds of its residents.
   摩加迪沙2/3的居民已弃城而去，据说已成了一座名副其实的废都。
9. A factory stands gutted and deserted.
   一座内部被毁的废置工厂矗立在那里。
10. The house seemed muted, hushed as if it had been deserted
    房子里似乎悄然无声，安静得好像已经没人在住一样。
11. It was very late and the streets were deserted
    时间已很晚，街上空空荡荡。
12. She had the look of someone deserted and betrayed
    她一副遭人遗弃和背叛的样子。
13. Courage seems now to have deserted him. May it quickly reappear.
    他现在似乎失去了勇气，但愿他能很快重新振作起来。
14. She found her customary self-possession had deserted her.
    她发现自己不像平时那样处事不惊了。
15. A light gleamed in that deserted house.
    那间空房里有一点亮儿。
16. All his convictions deserted him.
    他失去了一切信念。
17. He deserted from his regiment.
    他开小差逃离他所在的团。
18. After breaking out of the jail, he hid out in a deserted farmhouse.
    他越狱后，暗藏在一个无人居住的农舍里。
19. She deserted her boyfriend she had dated for two years.
    她把好了两年的对象给甩了。
20. The captain of the ship has deserted.
    船长已弃船逃生。
21. The door to his house used to be crowded with visitors who had since deserted him.
    原先整天门庭若市，现在却“门前冷落车马稀”。
22. The village had hurriedly deserted, perhaps because bandits were in the district.
    全村的人都匆匆逃走了，或许因为有土匪到达该地区。
23. She was deserted by her lover, and in despair took her own life.
    她遭人遗弃，一时想不开就自杀了。
24. The convicts were deported to a deserted island.
    罪犯们被流放到一个荒岛。
25. It was late at night and the streets were quite deserted.
    夜已深了，街上十分清冷。
26. All his so-called friends deserted him.
    他所谓的“朋友”都背弃了他。
27. The criminals went to ground in a deserted old farm house.
    罪犯们逃到一间废弃的破旧农舍中躲藏起来。
28. In the busy season the village looked deserted.
    农忙季节，村子里显得空荡荡的。
29. Most of those who had danced attendance on him when he was rich, deserted him when he got poor.
    那些在他富有时经常奉承他的人，当他的钱亏损一空时，大多数都抛弃了他。

  deserted barren wild【导航词义：空寂的，荒芜的】

  deserted adj. 无人居住的

〔辨析〕指某处空寂无人的。

  barren adj. 贫瘠的，荒芜的

〔辨析〕指土地或土壤不肥沃、不长草木的。

  wild adj. 荒凉的，未开垦的

〔辨析〕指土地未被人类开发利用过的。

adj

1. forsaken by owner or inhabitants
   1. weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse

   Synonym:    abandonedderelict