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wil.der.nessH5wIl7dE7nEs, $-dL-n [C usually sing]an area of land that has not been cultivated or had towns and roads built on it, esp. because it is difficult to live in as a result of its extremely cold or hot weather or bad earth荒芜人烟的地区，荒野，荒漠She said Alaska was the last great wilderness.她说阿拉斯加州是最后一片大荒原。(esp. Am and Aus) It's a wilderness area, under the protection of the Parks Department.这是一片荒芜人烟的地区，归公园部门管。(fig.) The garden was a wilderness of weeds and overgrown bushes (= There were a lot of plants growing close together and untidily in it).这个花园荒芜了，满是杂草与丛生的灌木。(fig.) Unemployment, drugs and crime are the key ingredients in the wilderness (= unpleasant and dangerous areas in which few people live) of the inner city.失业，吸毒与犯罪是市中心区不安定的主要因素。If someone, such as a politician, is in the wilderness, they no longer have a position of authority and are no longer in the news.（政治家等）在野的，不当政的After five years in the political wilderness, she was recalled to be foreign minister.5年的在野经历之后，她被重新召回担任外交部长。
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