desolate1
  
  
	      			KK: [ˈdɛsḷɪt]
	      			DJ: [ˈdеsǝlit]
  
    a.
    
      - 荒蕪的,無人煙的![]() We saw few houses in the  desolate valley. 在這荒涼的山谷裡,我們很少見到房子。 
- 孤寂的,淒涼的,被遺棄的
 
  衍生
  
    ad.
    desolately
    n.
    desolateness
   
  辨析
  
 
  
    
desolate2
  
  
	      			KK: [ˈdɛsḷˌеt]
	      			DJ: [ˈdеsǝlеit]
  
    vt.
    
      - 使荒蕪;使孤寂[H]![]() The land was  desolated by floods. 洪水使田野荒蕪。 
 
  衍生
  
 
  adj.
  
/
ˈdɛs(ə)lət/
  
- giving an impression of bleak and dismal emptiness.
- utterly wretched and unhappy.
v.
  
/
ˈdɛsəleɪt/
 make desolate.
Derivative
  
    - desolately adv.
- desolateness n.
- desolation n.
- desolator n.
 
  Etymology
  ME: from L. desolat-, desolare ‘abandon’, from de- ‘thoroughly’ + solus ‘alone’.