单词 | wilderness |
释义 | wilderness n (usu sing 通常作单数) 1 area of wild uncultivated land; desert 未开垦的荒地; 荒漠; 沙漠 the Arctic wilderness 北极的荒原. 2 ~ (of sth) area where plants, esp weeds, grow in an uncontrolled way 植物(尤指杂草)丛生的地方 The garden is turning into a wilderness. 这个园子逐渐变成杂草丛生之处. (fig 比喻) a wilderness of old abandoned cars 旧汽车的弃置地. 3 (idm 习语) in the `wildernessno longer in an important or influential (esp political) position 不再处於重要的或有影响的地位(尤指政治上) After a few years in the wilderness he was reappointed to the Cabinet. 他消沉了几年之後, 又获任命进入了内阁. |
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