wasteland

/weyst-land/US // ˈweɪstˌlænd //UK // (ˈweɪstˌlænd) //

荒地,荒原,荒芜之地,废墟

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : land that is uncultivated or barren.
- : an area that is devastated, as by flood, storm, or war.
- : something, as a period of history, phase of existence, or locality, that is spiritually or intellectually barren.

nounwilderness

Synonyms

People tend to think of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone as a nuclear wasteland.
Fundraising appeals have become a wasteland of laughable claims and empty threats that donors might not realize are so bogus or empty.
That difference is important for understanding why one rocky planet may be lush and wet and habitable, while another is an arid wasteland.
In addition, a biohybrid nose could also venture into contaminated wastelands to screen for toxic chemicals without harming a living being.
We will wake up one day in a wasteland, surrounded by the crumbling bones of those who loved us and waited for us to love them back.
Without it in the atmosphere, the Earth would be a barren, frozen wasteland.
He took a time period that was a wasteland and gave it intelligence, wit, and consistent humor.
You question every decision—personal, professional, spiritual—that has led you to this snowy wasteland.
The palm trees have gone, leaving a desolate wasteland of stumps reaching into the sky.
He might just save his regime, even if he rules little more than a wasteland filled with corpses.
Our whole Northern Hemisphere, where our greatest nations were, was devastated; much of it is wasteland to this day.
Out of the cramped ships they came, to bound in freedom and fresh breathable air across the .

Examples

People tend to think of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone as a nuclear wasteland.

Fundraising appeals have become a wasteland of laughable claims and empty threats that donors might not realize are so bogus or empty.

That difference is important for understanding why one rocky planet may be lush and wet and habitable, while another is an arid wasteland.

In addition, a biohybrid nose could also venture into contaminated wastelands to screen for toxic chemicals without harming a living being.

We will wake up one day in a wasteland, surrounded by the crumbling bones of those who loved us and waited for us to love them back.

Without it in the atmosphere, the Earth would be a barren, frozen wasteland.

He took a time period that was a wasteland and gave it intelligence, wit, and consistent humor.

You question every decision—personal, professional, spiritual—that has led you to this snowy wasteland.

The palm trees have gone, leaving a desolate wasteland of stumps reaching into the sky.

He might just save his regime, even if he rules little more than a wasteland filled with corpses.

Our whole Northern Hemisphere, where our greatest nations were, was devastated; much of it is wasteland to this day.

Out of the cramped ships they came, to bound in freedom and fresh breathable air across the .