| 释义 |
wil·der·ness /ˈwɪldənɪs/ n. | phr.
n.
1. 荒无人烟的地区；荒野；旷野；荒漠
the arctic wilderness 荒无人烟的北极地区
2. 莽原；空无一物(或无路)的地区；茫茫一片
In remote wildernesses of space groups of nebulae are found. 在遥远寂寥的天际，可看到一团团星云。
3. 荒芜的地方；(花园中的)草木丛生处
The garden's turned into a wilderness. 这园子现已变为杂草丛生的荒地。
The yard is a wilderness of weeds and heaps of coal. 场地上到处是杂草和煤堆。
4. 杂乱的一大堆(或一大批)；大量，无数 (of)
a wilderness of voices 一片嘈杂的说话声
5. 令人困惑(或捉摸不透)的状况
those moral wildernesses of civilized life 文明生活中令人迷惑不解的道德状况
6. 〈废〉荒凉，荒芜，未开垦状态
[< OE wildēornes < wildēo wild beast < WILD + dēor beast, deer + -NESS; 与 MD wildernisse, Ger Wildernis 有关] phr. a voice (crying) in the wilderness 见voice
in (或 into, to)the wilderness 1. (政治家或政党等)在野的，不当政的
For eleven years he had been in the political wilderness. 他已有11年不当政了。
march off into the political wilderness 下野
be dispatched to the wilderness 被迫下野
2. 不被承认的；失宠的 |