wasteland
US /ˈweɪst.lænd/
UK /ˈweɪst.lænd/
名詞
1.
荒地, 廢墟
an unused area of land that has become barren or overgrown
範例:
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The industrial site was left as a desolate wasteland.
那個工業遺址變成了一片荒涼的廢墟。
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After the war, the city was a smoking wasteland.
戰爭結束後，這座城市變成了一片冒煙的荒地。
2.
荒漠, 荒原
a place or situation that is considered to have no cultural or intellectual value
範例:
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Critics described the television schedule as a cultural wasteland.
批評家將電視節目表描述為文化荒漠。
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Without investment in the arts, the city will become an intellectual wasteland.
如果沒有對藝術的投資，這座城市將變成精神荒原。
在 Lingoland 學習這個單詞