1 N-VAR [oft adjective NOUN] 荒地;荒原;不毛之地 A wasteland is an area of land on which not much can grow or which has been spoiled in some way. 荒地;荒原;不毛之地
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The pollution has already turned vast areas into a wasteland.
污染已经使大片地区沦为不毛之地。
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...a 1 billion scheme which was to transform the wasteland of London's docks.
耗资10亿英镑的旨在改造伦敦港区荒地的计划
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...an industrial wasteland.
工业废墟
SYN wilderness, waste, wild, desert
2 N-COUNT [oft adjective NOUN] (地方、情形或时期的)沉闷乏味，单调 If you refer to a place, situation, or period in time as a wasteland, you are criticizing it because you think there is nothing interesting or exciting in it. (地方、情形或时期的)沉闷乏味，单调 [disapproval]
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...the cultural wasteland of Franco's repressive rule. [+ of]
佛朗哥高压统治下的文化贫瘠
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Everything was wrong, his life seemed to be a wasteland.
每件事都不对劲，他的生活百无聊赖。
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