The noun is pronounced /'dezət/. The pronunciation /dɪ'zɜːt/ is used for the verb and for meaning 8. The verb is hyphenated de|sert. 名词读作 /'dezət/。动词和义项 8 读作/dɪ'zɜːt/。动词分音节符号的位置为 de|sert。
1 N-VAR [oft in names] 沙漠;荒漠 A desert is a large area of land, usually in a hot region, where there is almost no water, rain, trees, or plants. 沙漠;荒漠
SYN wilderness, waste, wilds, wasteland
2 N-COUNT [with supplement] 枯燥乏味的地方（或境况） If you refer to a place or situation as a desert, you think it is bad for people because it is not interesting, exciting, or useful in any way. 枯燥乏味的地方（或境况） [disapproval]
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They live in 12 high-rise apartment buildings that sit in a desert of concrete.
他们居住的地方是坐落于一片钢筋水泥丛林中的12栋高层公寓楼。
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Pubs are a cultural desert.
酒馆是文化沙漠。
3 VERB 离弃，舍弃(某地) If people or animals desert a place, they leave it and it becomes empty. 离弃，舍弃(某地)
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Farmers are deserting their fields and coming here looking for jobs. [VERB noun]
小农场主正舍弃他们的土地，到这里来寻找工作。
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After the show, the audience deserts the Blackpool streets. [VERB noun]
演出结束后，观众从布莱克浦的大街上消失了踪迹。
SYN abandon, leave, give up, quit [informal]
4 VERB 抛弃，遗弃(某人) If someone deserts you, they go away and leave you, and no longer help or support you. 抛弃，遗弃(某人)
SYN leave, abandon, dump [informal] , strand
5 VERB 背弃;放弃;脱离 If you desert something that you support, use, or are involved with, you stop supporting it, using it, or being involved with it. 背弃;放弃;脱离
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The paper's price rise will encourage readers to desert in even greater numbers. [VERB]
报纸价格的上涨将导致更多的读者不再订阅。
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He was pained to see many youngsters deserting kibbutz life. [VERB noun]
看到那么多的年轻人放弃了合作农场的生活，他感到很痛心。
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Spaniards are worried about German investors deserting Spain for Eastern Europe. [VERB noun + for]
西班牙人担心德国投资者放弃西班牙而转向东欧。
6 VERB 突然丧失(特质、技巧等) If a quality or skill that you normally have deserts you, you suddenly find that you do not have it when you need it or want it. 突然丧失(特质、技巧等)
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Even when he appeared to be depressed, a dry sense of humour never deserted him. [VERB noun]
即使在他看上去很沮丧的时候，他也从没有丧失过自己的冷面幽默。
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She lost the next five games, and the set, as her confidence abruptly deserted her. [VERB noun]
她突然自信心全失，接下来连败 5 局，并最终丢了这一盘。
7 VERB 擅离(职守);（尤指从军队)开小差 If someone deserts, or deserts a job, especially a job in the armed forces, they leave that job without permission. 擅离(职守);（尤指从军队)开小差
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He was a second-lieutenant in the army until he deserted. [VERB]
他在擅离部队之前是一名陆军少尉。
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He deserted from army intelligence last month. [VERB + from]
上个月他从陆军情报机关开小差跑了。
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Young workers are more willing to desert jobs they don't like. [VERB noun]
年轻职工对不喜欢的工作更易擅自离职。
SYN abscond, flee, defect, decamp
8 PHRASE 应得的惩罚;报应 If you say that someone has got their just deserts, you mean that they deserved the unpleasant things that have happened to them, because they did something bad. 应得的惩罚;报应 [feelings]
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At the end of the book the child's true identity is discovered, and the bad guys get their just deserts.
在书的结尾，那个孩子的真实身份大白于世，坏人则得到了应有的惩罚。
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