wastelands
英['we?stl?ndz]
美['we?stl?ndz]
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
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N-VAR
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.
例句
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。
...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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N-COUNT
(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.
例句
...the cultural wasteland of Franco's repressive rule...
佛朗哥高压统治下的文化贫瘠
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。