wilderness

英 ['wɪldənəs] 美 ['wɪldərnəs]

• n. 荒野；荒地

英英释义

Noun:

1. (politics) a state of disfavor;

   "he led the Democratic party back from the wilderness"
   

2. a wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania where bloody but inconclusive battles were fought in the American Civil War

3. a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition;

   "it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers"
   

4. a bewildering profusion;

   "the duties of citizenship are lost sight of in the wilderness of interests of individuals and groups"
   "a wilderness of masts in the harbor"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Jesus went out into the wilderness to think alone.
   耶稣走进荒野去独自思考。
2. A hot spring has been found in the wilderness.
   荒野里发现了一处温泉。
3. They transformed the wilderness into a garden.
   他们把荒地变成了花园。
4. How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
   他们在旷野悖逆他，在荒地叫他担忧，何其多呢。

经典引文

• Wildernesses of scattered birch, where adders sun themselves among the fern.

  出自： J. Purseglove

• Despite..pressures from developers, the park service has kept the wilderness intact.

  出自：Backpacker

词汇搭配

• in the wilderness 在野的,离开政界的...
• wilderness area 自然保护区
• a voice in the wilderness 荒野里的叫声...
• howling wilderness 荒僻的旷野
• voice crying in the wilderness 荒野里的呼声...
• voice crying out in the wilderness 荒野里的呼声...

近反义词

【近义词】

• wasteland 荒地
• desolation 荒芜
• wood 木材
• jungle 丛林的
• network 网点
• solitude 孤独
• rough country 丘陵地带
• backwoods 未开垦地
• desert 沙漠
• boonies 郊区,远离城市的原野...
• boondocks 森林地带
• waste 废物
• wild 野生的