desolate

lonely, alone, desolate, lone, solitary

动词 desolate:

1. leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
   同义词：abandon, forsake, desert
2. reduce in population
   同义词：depopulate
3. devastate or ravage
   同义词：lay waste to, waste, devastate, ravage, scourge

形容词 desolate:

1. providing no shelter or sustenance
   同义词：bare, barren, bleak, stark
2. crushed by grief

1. A novel in a style emphasizing the grotesque, mysterious, and desolate.
   哥特式小说着重描写怪诞、恐怖和孤寂的小说
2. Land that is desolate, barren, or ravaged.
   荒原荒凉、贫瘠或遭到毁坏之土地
3. Bands of outlaws lived in the desolate mountains after breaking the laws.
   成群的歹徒犯法后栖身于荒山中。
4. The rocky, desolate surface of the moon.
   月球多石的、荒凉的表面

des.o.late

adj.（形容词）

Devoid of inhabitants; deserted:
凄凉的：无人居住的；废弃的：
例句：
.streets which were usually so thronged now grown desolate.(Daniel Defoe)
.过去拥挤的街道现在荒芜了.(丹尼尔·迪福)

Barren; lifeless:
荒凉的；无生命的：
例句：
the rocky, desolate surface of the moon.
月球多石的、荒凉的表面

Rendered unfit for habitation or use:
使不适于居住或使用的：
例句：
the desolate cities of war-torn Europe.
欧洲经过战争蹂躏的无法居住的城市

Dreary; dismal.
无生气的；忧郁的
Bereft of friends or hope; sad and forlorn.See Synonyms at sad
失去朋友或希望的；伤心而孤独的参见 sad
v.tr.（及物动词）
des.o.lat.ed,des.o.lat.ing,des.o.lates[-l3t.]
To rid or deprive of inhabitants.
使无居民：除去居民
To lay waste; devastate:
使荒芜；使荒废：
例句：
.Here we have no wars to desolate our fields.(Michel Guillaume Jean de Crèvecoeur)
.这里，没有战争来摧毁我们的土地.(米歇尔·纪尧姆·让·德·克雷夫科尔)

To forsake; abandon.
使荒弃；放弃
To make lonely, forlorn, or wretched.
使孤独，使凄凉，使忧郁

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Latin dôsôl3tus [past participle of] dôsôl3re [to abandon]
源自 拉丁语 dôsôl3tus [] dôsôl3re的过去分词 [放弃]
dô- [de-]
dô- [前缀，表.使…离开.]
sôlus [alone] * see s(w)e-
sôlus [孤独，独自] *参见 s(w)e-

【引伸】
des.olately
adv.（副词）
des.olateness
n.（名词）
des.olat.er 或
des.ola.tor
n.（名词）