wilderness

英 [ˈwɪldənəs]

美 [ˈwɪldərnəs]

n.  未开发的地区; 荒无人烟的地区; 荒野; 荒芜的地方; 杂草丛生处

复数：wildernesses　

IELTS

Collins.2 / BNC.7026 / COCA.3718

习惯用语

n.

in the wilderness
• 在野；不再当政（或掌权）
  no longer in an important position, especially in politics

牛津词典

noun

• 未开发的地区；荒无人烟的地区；荒野
  a large area of land that has never been developed or used for growing crops because it is difficult to live there
  1. The Antarctic is the world's last great wilderness.
     南极洲是世界上最後一個大荒原。
  2. a wilderness area (= one where it is not permitted to build houses or roads)
     （政府划定的）保留自然环境面貌地区
  3. the barren wilderness of modern life
     现代生活贫瘠的荒漠
• 荒芜的地方；杂草丛生处
  a place that people do not take care of or control
  1. Their garden is a wilderness of grass and weeds.
     他们的花园杂草丛生。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 荒野;荒漠;原野
  Awildernessis a desert or other area of natural land which is not used by people.
  1. ...the icy Canadian wilderness...
     冰封的加拿大旷野
  2. He is proud of the garden he made from a wilderness.
     他为自己从荒地上开辟出的花园而感到自豪。
  3. ...one of the largest wilderness areas in North America.
     北美最大的荒原之一
• PHRASE 在野;不掌权；不活跃；坐冷板凳
  If politicians or other well-known people spend timein the wilderness, they are not in an influential position or very active in their profession for that time.
  1. ...a party released from 12 years in the wilderness...
     摆脱了12年在野状态的政党
  2. For so long he had waited in the wilderness for a recall to Test cricket.
     这么长时间以来，他一直在坐冷板凳，等着被召回参加板球对抗赛。

英英释义

noun

• a bewildering profusion
  1. the duties of citizenship are lost sight of in the wilderness of interests of individuals and groups
  2. a wilderness of masts in the harbor
• a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition
  1. it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers
  Synonym:wild
• (politics) a state of disfavor
  1. he led the Democratic party back from the wilderness

双语例句

• Dangers lurk in the path of wilderness.
  在这条荒野的小路上隐伏着危险。
• Instead they wandered around in the wilderness for40 years, until all of them died.
  他们在旷野飘流了40年，直到他们都死去了。现在，40年已经过去了。
• You have land and wilderness.
  我们有土地，也有荒野。
• The exploring team explored a trackless wilderness.
  考察队勘探了一片人迹罕至的荒野。
• Your holy cities have become a wilderness; Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
  10你圣别的城邑成了旷野，锡安成了旷野，耶路撒冷成了荒场。
• The wilderness campsite had its own peculiar enchantment
  野营地有其自身独特的魅力。
• Turn back! I can tell that you need more experience to fight safely in the next wilderness.
  回去！我要告诉你为了在下一个荒野中安全的战斗你还需要更多的经验。
• It's a hard life here in the forest and wilderness.
  在这里生活是艰难，只有森林和荒野。
• Ah, wilderness were paradise enow!
  啊！荒野也就变成了天堂。
• There is a place of great evil in the wilderness.
  在荒野中由一个非常邪恶的地方。