wasteland

US [ˈweɪs(t)ˌlænd]
UK 
  • n.荒地；(精神上的)荒漠
  • Web荒原；废墟；废土
Plural Form：wastelands  

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wasteland
n.
1.
荒地；荒原；不毛之地an area of land that cannot be used or that is no longer used for building or growing things on
industrial wasteland
工业废地
the desert wastelands of Arizona
亚利桑那州的荒漠
The mid 1970s are seen as a cultural wasteland for rock music.
20 世纪 70 年代中期被视为摇滚乐的文化荒漠。

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Definition:
AllAll,荒地荒地,荒漠荒漠,荒原荒原,废墟废墟,废土废土
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1.
But to see this piece of wasteland covered with weeds, the students were all very happy.
不过看到这片杂草丛生的荒地时，同学们都非常高兴。
bú guò kàn dào zhè piàn zá cǎo cóng shēng de huāng dì shí , tóng xué men dōu fēi cháng gāo xìng 。
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2.
In America, Hurricane Katrina turned New Orleans from a stable, wealthy and vibrant city into a wasteland in the space of a few days.
在美国，卡特里娜（Katrina）飓风在数日之内，就把新奥尔良从一个稳定、富足和充满活力的城市变成了一片废墟。
zài měi guó , kǎ tè lǐ nà ( Katrina ) jù fēng zài shù rì zhī nèi , jiù bǎ xīn ào ěr liáng cóng yī gè wěn dìng 、 fù zú hé chōng mǎn huó lì de chéng shì biàn chéng le yī piàn fèi xū 。
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3.
Siberia ! And he asked you to join him in that frozen wasteland and marry him there?
西伯利亚！他还要妳去跟著他，在那结冻的荒地，嫁给他？
xī bó lì yà ! tā hái yào nǐ qù gēn zhù tā , zài nà jié dòng de huāng dì , jià gěi tā ?
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4.
A wolf is as out of place in a concrete wasteland as a citizen of the First World would be in the depths of the Amazon or Sahara.
狼不适合呆在在由混凝土构筑的废土中，就像那些第一世界国家的公民不适合住在亚马逊丛林或是撒哈拉大沙漠的深处。
láng bù shì hé dāi zài zài yóu hùn níng tǔ gòu zhù de fèi tǔ zhōng , jiù xiàng nà xiē dì yī shì jiè guó jiā de gōng mín bù shì hé zhù zài yà mǎ xùn cóng lín huò shì sā hā lā dà shā mò de shēn chù 。
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5.
It was like being in one of those post-apocalyptic science-fiction films where vagrants wander the wasteland looking for food and shelter.
那感觉就仿佛身处某部末世浩劫科幻电影中：流浪汉们在荒原上游荡，寻找着食物和庇护所。
nà gǎn jué jiù fǎng fú shēn chù mǒu bù mò shì hào jié kē huàn diàn yǐng zhōng : liú làng hàn men zài huāng yuán shàng yóu dàng , xún zhǎo zhe shí wù hé bì hù suǒ 。
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6.
It's just a dirt wasteland, so ugly that Wynn planted a row of trees so his hotel guests wouldn't stare at it from their windows.
实在太丑陋了，以至于温恩酒店不得不种了一排树，这样客人就不会从窗户里面看到外面的情况。
shí zài tài chǒu lòu le , yǐ zhì yú wēn ēn jiǔ diàn bù dé bù zhòng le yī pái shù , zhè yàng kè rén jiù bú huì cóng chuāng hù lǐ miàn kàn dào wài miàn de qíng kuàng 。
article.yeeyan.org
7.
Your family's ranch is nothing but a wasteland now.
你们家的农场现在就是一块荒地
nǐ men jiā de nóng chǎng xiàn zài jiù shì yí kuài huāng dì
blog.sina.com.cn
8.
The rest, geneticists acknowledged with unconcealed embarrassment, was an apparent biological wasteland.
遗传学者尴尬地承认，其余的基因组在生物学意义上很明显是废物。
yí chuán xué zhě gān gà de chéng rèn , qí yú de jī yīn zǔ zài shēng wù xué yì yì shàng hěn míng xiǎn shì fèi wù 。
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9.
And what of French television? It has lurched in recent years from a state-controlled earnestness to a privatized creative wasteland.
那么法国电视又怎样呢？法国的电视近年来已从国家监控下的认真从事倒向私有化的创造力荒原。
nà me fǎ guó diàn shì yòu zěn yàng ne ? fǎ guó de diàn shì jìn nián lái yǐ cóng guó jiā jiān kòng xià de rèn zhēn cóng shì dǎo xiàng sī yǒu huà de chuàng zào lì huāng yuán 。
www.tdict.com
10.
A few peasants decided to open up the wasteland.
几个农民决定开发这块荒地。
jǐ gè nóng mín jué dìng kāi fā zhè kuài huāng dì 。
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