wasteland

名词 wasteland:

1. an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
   同义词：barren, waste

1. My friend told me that the place she live is a cultural wasteland.
   我的朋友告诉我她住的地方文化生活贫乏。
2. The wasteland of the north is scarcely populated.
   北方的大荒原地广人稀。

waste.land

n.（名词）
Land that is desolate, barren, or ravaged.
荒原：荒凉、贫瘠或遭到毁坏之土地
A place, an era, or an aspect of life considered as lacking in spiritual, aesthetic, or other humanizing qualities; a vacuum:
荒漠：指缺乏精神、美学或其它人文素质的地方、时期或生活方面；空虚：
例句：
a cultural wasteland.
文化荒漠