deserts

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. Aeons ago, there were deserts where there is now fertile land.
   现在是肥沃土地的地方在很久很久以前曾是一片片沙漠。
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。
3. 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。
4. Shiva is a dark god; he dwells in the mountains and deserts.
   湿婆神匿影藏形于深山和沙漠之中。
5. He will be punished according to his deserts.
   他将受到应有的惩罚。
6. He was fined for shoplifting but only received his just deserts.
   他冒充顾客进商店行窃被罚款，那只不过是他应得的惩罚。
7. The Arabians out of the deserts are as Fishes out of the Water.
   阿拉伯人离开了沙漠，就像鱼离开了水一般。
8. I live on plains and deserts and in tropical rain forests and river valleys.
   我生活在草原、沙漠、热带雨林和河谷。
9. Bactrian camels live not in shifting Sahara sands but in Central and East Asia's rocky deserts.
   双峰驼并不生活在狡猾的撒哈拉沙漠，而是生活在中亚和东亚的岩漠中。
10. The World Environment Day theme selected for2006 is Deserts and Desertification and the slogan is Don't Desert Drylands!
    2006年世界环境日的主题是“沙漠和荒漠化”，口号是“不要让干地变成沙漠”。
11. Then do you know all the other places at the same latitude on the globe are mostly deserts?
    那你知不知道在地球上和西双版纳同一纬度的其他地方，都是沙漠呢？
12. There are now deserts where there were once thick forests.
    在那些曾经是茂密森林的地方，现在出现了沙漠。
13. Some forests are so badly damaged that they become deserts.
    一些森林遭到了严重的破坏，变成了沙漠。
14. With long pointed scales around toes; of deserts of United States and Mexico.
    脚趾周围长有长而尖的鳞片；产于美国和墨西哥的沙漠地区。
15. It is bordered by the world's highest mountains, by deserts, and by tropical seas.
    它的边境被世界上最高的山脉、沙漠和热带海洋所环绕。
16. Irises are found in deserts and in swamps, in hot and cold climates.
    菖蒲在沙漠中发现和沼泽，在炎热和寒冷的气候。
17. Their lives could have become great oases, but they remain deserts.
    他们的生命本可以成为大大的绿洲，但是他们停留为沙漠。
18. Its dramatic mountains and barren deserts have spewed forth conquerors who ruled North Africa and Spain.
    在它的崇山峻岭和荒凉的沙漠中曾经涌现出统治北非和西班牙的征服者。
19. It eats dry grass and bushes and it lives in deserts and plains in North Africa and Asia.
    它吃干草和灌木，它生活在北非和亚洲的沙漠和草原。
20. The dust storms came from deserts in China and Mongolia.
    沙尘暴来自于中国和蒙古的沙漠地区。
21. This may range from a high rain forest in the wet tropics to almost bare rock on the deserts.
    这可从潮湿热带的高大常雨林变化到沙漠上几乎裸露的岩石。
22. Coastal deserts have cool winters and long, warm summers.
    沿海沙漠冬天凉爽，夏天则长而热。
23. On both sides of it new cities appeared, trees were planted, and deserts became grasslands.
    在长城的两边，出现了新城市，种了树木，沙漠变成了草原。
24. It will also increase research on desertification and set up a system to monitor the spread of deserts.
    根据这项决定，政府将会禁止使用有沙化风险的土地，并通过植树种草来阻止沙漠扩张。该文件也要求加强有关沙漠化的研究，并建立一个监视沙漠扩张的体系。
25. Of deserts of northern Africa and southern Asia.
    产于非洲北部和亚洲南部的沙漠地区。
26. The Namib Desert in Africa and the Atacama Desert in Chile are examples of coastal deserts.
    非洲的纳米比亚沙漠和智利的阿塔卡马沙漠都是沿海沙漠。
27. Swift lizard with long black-banded tail and long legs; of deserts of United States and Mexico.
    长长的尾巴和腿上有黑色条纹的蜥蜴，其行动敏捷；产于美国和墨西哥的沙漠地区。
28. One-humped camel of the hot deserts of North Africa and southwestern Asia.
    非洲北部和亚洲西南部炎热的沙漠中有一个肉峰的骆驼。
29. I think national parks, forests and deserts are for animals, not for me.
    我认为国家公园、林和沙漠是属于动物们的，不是我的。
30. I can live almost anywhere it's not too cold, from deserts to tropical rain forests.
    我几乎能住在天气不太冷的任何地方，从沙漠到热带雨林。

n.

sb's (just) deserts

• 应得的惩罚；报应
  what sb deserves, especially when it is sth bad
  1. The family of the victim said that the killer had got his just deserts when he was jailed for life.
     受害者家属说杀人犯被终身监禁是得到了他应有的惩罚。

noun

1. an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved

   Synonym:    comeuppancecomeupance