wilderness

noun

1. 未开发的地区；荒无人烟的地区；荒野
   a large area of land that has never been developed or used for growing crops because it is difficult to live there
   1. The Antarctic is the world's last great wilderness.
      南极洲是世界上最後一個大荒原。
   2. a wilderness area (= one where it is not permitted to build houses or roads)
      （政府划定的）保留自然环境面貌地区
   3. the barren wilderness of modern life
      现代生活贫瘠的荒漠
2. 荒芜的地方；杂草丛生处
   a place that people do not take care of or control
   1. Their garden is a wilderness of grass and weeds.
      他们的花园杂草丛生。

1. N-COUNT 荒野;荒漠;原野
   A wilderness is a desert or other area of natural land which is not used by people.
   1. ...the icy Canadian wilderness...
      冰封的加拿大旷野
   2. He is proud of the garden he made from a wilderness.
      他为自己从荒地上开辟出的花园而感到自豪。
   3. ...one of the largest wilderness areas in North America.
      北美最大的荒原之一
2. PHRASE 在野;不掌权；不活跃；坐冷板凳
   If politicians or other well-known people spend time in the wilderness, they are not in an influential position or very active in their profession for that time.
   1. ...a party released from 12 years in the wilderness...
      摆脱了12年在野状态的政党
   2. For so long he had waited in the wilderness for a recall to Test cricket.
      这么长时间以来，他一直在坐冷板凳，等着被召回参加板球对抗赛。

1. The wilderness campsite had its own peculiar enchantment
   野营地有其自身独特的魅力。
2. He was sent barefoot wearing only a hair shirt into the wilderness as a penance.
   为了赎罪，他跣足褐衣，被流放到了荒野中。
3. He is proud of the garden he made from a wilderness.
   他为自己从荒地上开辟出的花园而感到自豪。
4. For so long he had waited in the wilderness for a recall to Test cricket.
   这么长时间以来，他一直在坐冷板凳，等着被召回参加板球对抗赛。
5. Jesus went out into the wilderness to think alone.
   耶稣走进荒野去独自思考。
6. Dangers lurk in the path of wilderness.
   在这条荒野的小路上隐伏着危险。
7. The exploring team explored a trackless wilderness.
   考察队勘探了一片人迹罕至的荒野。
8. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness?
   我岂向以色列作旷野呢。或作幽暗之地呢。
9. He stood on the lookout tower and gazed into the wilderness.
   他站在了望塔上，向荒野里凝望。
10. My heart, the bird of the wilderness, has found its sky in your eyes.
    我的心，这只野鸟，在你的双眼中找到了天空。
11. My dream is to go to the Arctic wilderness* Of alaska.
    我的梦想是去阿拉斯加的北极荒野。
12. Instead they wandered around in the wilderness for40 years, until all of them died.
    他们在旷野飘流了40年，直到他们都死去了。现在，40年已经过去了。
13. The botanical garden has turned into a wilderness.
    植物园成了一片荒野。
14. And wilderness is paradise enow.
    荒野也歌成了天堂。
15. Ah, wilderness were paradise enow!
    啊！荒野也就变成了天堂。
16. Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
    [和合]你的圣邑变为旷野，锡安变为旷野，16耶路撒冷成为荒场。
17. They took the road to the Great Northern wilderness.
    他们踏上了去北大荒的征程。
18. There is a place of great evil in the wilderness.
    在荒野中由一个非常邪恶的地方。
19. Turn back! I can tell that you need more experience to fight safely in the next wilderness.
    回去！我要告诉你为了在下一个荒野中安全的战斗你还需要更多的经验。
20. It's a hard life here in the forest and wilderness.
    在这里生活是艰难，只有森林和荒野。
21. A hot spring has been found in the wilderness.
    荒野里发现了一处温泉。
22. He preferred solitary walks in the wilderness to the clamour of the city.
    他偏爱在荒野中孤独的散步而不是城市中的喧闹。
23. Without a friend, the world is wilderness.
    没有朋友，世界成了荒野。
24. You have land and wilderness.
    我们有土地，也有荒野。
25. This sprawl of wilderness is home to world's largest concentration of zebras, hippos and giraffes.
    这片辽阔的荒野是斑马、河马和长颈鹿在全球最大的聚居地。
26. We have already reached the time in the wilderness, I was a confused stare you in the mist!
    我们已经走到了时间的荒野，我在一片迷茫的雾霭中凝望你！
27. The Arabian Desert and Antarctica also are considered wilderness areas.
    阿拉伯沙漠和南极洲也被认为是荒野地区。
28. Your holy cities have become a wilderness; Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
    10你圣别的城邑成了旷野，锡安成了旷野，耶路撒冷成了荒场。
29. My heart the bird of the wilderness has found its sky in your eyes.
    我的心是旷野的篷，在你的眼睛里找到了它的天崆。
30. We found boxes of wilderness girl cookies.
    我们发现了荒野女孩饼干盒。

n.

in the wilderness

• 在野；不再当政（或掌权）
  no longer in an important position, especially in politics

noun

1. a bewildering profusion
   1. the duties of citizenship are lost sight of in the wilderness of interests of individuals and groups
   2. a wilderness of masts in the harbor

2. a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition
   1. it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers

   Synonym:    wild

3. (politics) a state of disfavor
   1. he led the Democratic party back from the wilderness