deserts

英 [dɪˈzɜːts]

美 [dɪˈzɜːrts]

n.  沙漠; 荒漠; 荒原
v.  抛弃，离弃，遗弃(某人); 舍弃，离弃(某地方); 擅离(部队); 逃走; 开小差
desert的第三人称单数和复数

习惯用语

n.

sb's (just) deserts
• 应得的惩罚；报应
  what sb deserves, especially when it is sth bad
• The family of the victim said that the killer had got his just deserts when he was jailed for life.
  受害者家属说杀人犯被终身监禁是得到了他应有的惩罚。

柯林斯词典

The noun is pronounced /'dezət/. The pronunciation /dɪ'zɜːt/ is used for the verb and for meaning 8. The verb is hyphenated de|sert. 名词读作 /'dezət/。动词和义项 8 读作/dɪ'zɜːt/。动词分音节符号的位置为 de|sert。


• N-VAR 沙漠;荒漠
  Adesertis a large area of land, usually in a hot region, where there is almost no water, rain, trees, or plants.
  1. ...the Sahara Desert.
     撒哈拉大沙漠
  2. ...the burning desert sun...
     沙漠中火辣辣的太阳
  3. The vehicles have been modified to suit conditions in the desert.
     车辆已改装过以适应沙漠的环境。
• N-COUNT 枯燥乏味的地方（或境况）
  If you refer to a place or situation asa desert, you think it is bad for people because it is not interesting, exciting, or useful in any way.
  1. They live in 12 high-rise apartment buildings that sit in a desert of concrete...
     他们居住的地方是坐落于一片钢筋水泥丛林中的12栋高层公寓楼。
  2. Pubs are a cultural desert.
     酒馆是文化沙漠。
• VERB 离弃，舍弃(某地)
  If people or animalsdeserta place, they leave it and it becomes empty.
  1. Farmers are deserting their fields and coming here looking for jobs...
     小农场主正舍弃他们的土地，到这里来寻找工作。
  2. After the show, the audience deserts the Blackpool streets.
     演出结束后，观众从布莱克浦的大街上消失了踪迹。
• VERB 抛弃，遗弃(某人)
  If someonedesertsyou, they go away and leave you, and no longer help or support you.
  1. Mrs Roding's husband deserted her years ago...
     罗丁太太的丈夫数年前抛弃了她。
  2. He has been deserted by most of his advisers.
     他的大多数顾问都弃他而去。
• VERB 背弃;放弃;脱离
  If youdesertsomething that you support, use, or are involved with, you stop supporting it, using it, or being involved with it.
  1. The paper's price rise will encourage readers to desert in even greater numbers...
     报纸价格的上涨将导致更多的读者不再订阅。
  2. He was pained to see many youngsters deserting kibbutz life...
     看到那么多的年轻人放弃了合作农场的生活，他感到很痛心。
  3. Spaniards are worried about German investors deserting Spain for Eastern Europe.
     西班牙人担心德国投资者放弃西班牙而转向东欧。
• VERB 突然丧失(特质、技巧等)
  If a quality or skill that you normally havedesertsyou, you suddenly find that you do not have it when you need it or want it.
  1. Even when he appeared to be depressed, a dry sense of humour never deserted him...
     即使在他看上去很沮丧的时候，他也从没有丧失过自己的冷面幽默。
  2. She lost the next five games, and the set, as her confidence abruptly deserted her.
     她突然自信心全失，接下来连败 5 局，并最终丢了这一盘。
• VERB 擅离(职守);（尤指从军队)开小差
  If someonedeserts, ordesertsa job, especially a job in the armed forces, they leave that job without permission.
  1. He was a second-lieutenant in the army until he deserted...
     他在擅离部队之前是一名陆军少尉。
  2. He deserted from army intelligence last month...
     上个月他从陆军情报机关开小差跑了。
  3. Young workers are more willing to desert jobs they don't like.
     年轻职工对不喜欢的工作更易擅自离职。
• PHRASE 应得的惩罚;报应
  If you say that someone has got theirjust deserts, you mean that they deserved the unpleasant things that have happened to them, because they did something bad.
  1. At the end of the book the child's true identity is discovered, and the bad guys get their just deserts.
     在书的结尾，那个孩子的真实身份大白于世，坏人则得到了应有的惩罚。

英英释义

noun

• an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved
  Synonym:comeuppancecomeupance

双语例句

• Their lives could have become great oases, but they remain deserts.
  他们的生命本可以成为大大的绿洲，但是他们停留为沙漠。
• Then do you know all the other places at the same latitude on the globe are mostly deserts?
  那你知不知道在地球上和西双版纳同一纬度的其他地方，都是沙漠呢？
• Coastal deserts have cool winters and long, warm summers.
  沿海沙漠冬天凉爽，夏天则长而热。
• Its dramatic mountains and barren deserts have spewed forth conquerors who ruled North Africa and Spain.
  在它的崇山峻岭和荒凉的沙漠中曾经涌现出统治北非和西班牙的征服者。
• Of deserts of northern Africa and southern Asia.
  产于非洲北部和亚洲南部的沙漠地区。
• After the show, the audience deserts the Blackpool streets.
  演出结束后，观众从布莱克浦的大街上消失了踪迹。
• The Namib Desert in Africa and the Atacama Desert in Chile are examples of coastal deserts.
  非洲的纳米比亚沙漠和智利的阿塔卡马沙漠都是沿海沙漠。
• He was fined for shoplifting but only received his just deserts.
  他冒充顾客进商店行窃被罚款，那只不过是他应得的惩罚。
• I think national parks, forests and deserts are for animals, not for me.
  我认为国家公园、林和沙漠是属于动物们的，不是我的。
• The dust storms came from deserts in China and Mongolia.
  沙尘暴来自于中国和蒙古的沙漠地区。