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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

wasteland

英  [ˈweɪstlænd]
    

[NOUN]

    NOUN. 名词

  • wastelands

    1. [C, U 有变体名词] 荒地

    A wasteland is an area of land on which not much can grow or which has been spoiled in some way.

    双语例句

    例：

    The pollution has already turned vast areas into a wasteland.

    污染已使大片地区变为荒原。

    2. [C 可数名词] （精神上或文化上的）荒原

    If you refer to a place, situation, or period in time as a wasteland, you are criticizing it because you think there is nothing interesting or exciting in it.

    近义词

    desert

    双语例句

    例：

    the cultural wasteland of Franco's repressive rule.

    佛朗哥残暴统治下的文化荒原。

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