with obj.
1- abandon (a person, cause, or organization) in a way considered disloyal or treacherous遗弃, 背弃（人, 事业, 组织）：
he deserted his wife and daughter and went back to England.
他遗弃妻女, 返回了英格兰。
1.1
- usu. as adj. deserted(of a number of people) leave (a place), causing it to appear empty（一定数量的人）离弃（某地）：
the lobby of the hotel was virtually deserted.
旅馆大厅里几乎没有什么人了。
1.2
- (of a quality or ability) fail (someone), especially at a crucial moment when most needed（品质或能力在最需要时）舍弃, 背离（某人）：
her luck deserted her.
运气（在她最需要时）离她而去。
1.3
- no obj. Military (of a soldier) illegally run away from military service【军】（士兵）擅离职守。
派生词
desertion
noun词源
late Middle English: from Old French deserter, from late Latin desertare, from Latin desertus 'left waste' （see DESERT2）.
1
- a dry, barren area of land, especially one covered with sand, that is characteristically desolate, waterless, and without vegetation沙漠。
1.1
- a lifeless and unpleasant place, especially one comprising or covered with a specified substance荒原, 不毛之地：
a desert of lead-mine spoil.
满是铅矿弃土的不毛之地。
1.2
- a situation or area considered dull and uninteresting沉闷乏味的境况（或地区）; 荒漠：
a cultural desert.
文化荒漠。
attrib.
1- like a desert像沙漠的：
overgrazing has created desert conditions.
过度放牧已造成了荒漠环境。
1.1
- uninhabited and desolate无人居住的, 荒凉的：
desert wastes.
无人烟的荒地。
词源
Middle English: via Old French from late Latin desertum 'something left waste'， neuter past participle of deserere 'leave， forsake'.
(一般作deserts)
- a person's worthiness or entitlement to reward or punishment应得的奖赏（或惩罚）：
the penal system fails to punish offenders in accordance with their deserts.
这一刑罚制度无法做到根据违法者的违法行径惩罚他们。
短语
get （或receive）one's just deserts
- receive the appropriate reward or (more usually) punishment for one's actions得到应得的奖赏; 得到应受的惩罚：
those who caused great torment to others rarely got their just deserts.
那些给他人带来巨大痛苦的人很少受到应受的惩罚。
词源
Middle English: via Old French from deservir 'serve well' （see DESERVE）.