什么是 desolate?Devoid of inhabitants; deserted: "streets which were usually so thronged now grown desolate” ( Daniel Defoe). Barren; lifeless: the rocky, desolate surface of the moon. Rendered unfit for habitation or use: the desolate cities of war-torn Europe. Dreary; dismal.Bereft of friends or hope; sad and forlorn. See Synonyms at sad.To rid or deprive of inhabitants.To lay waste; devastate: "Here we have no wars to desolate our fields” ( Michel Guillaume Jean de Crèvecoeur). To forsake; abandon.To make lonely, forlorn, or wretched.