同近义词辨析
solitary, desolate, lone, alone, lonely
这组词都有“孤单的，寂寞的”的意思，其区别是：
solitary可指因被遗忘或遗弃而产生的孤独感，也可指人的生性孤僻。
desolate语气强烈，强调遭受损失和失去亲人所带来的难以忍受的痛苦。
alone普通用词，指独自一人的状态，有时含孤寂之意。
lonely强调孤独感，含“渴望和他人在一起”的意味。
solitary, desolate, lonely, alone, lonesome
lonely 偏重一种主观感受上的“寂寞” lonely和solitary可用以形容很少有人到的偏僻地方。
alone和solitary都用以形容一人或一事物与他人或他事物相分离，二者形容的人可能是其本人愿意如此，这两个词并无不愉快的含义。
lonesome 孤独的 lonely和lonesome指并非本人愿意如此，含有不愉快之意。
双语例句
用作形容词(adj.)
- We saw few houses in the desolate valley.
在这荒凉的山谷里,我们很少见到房子。 - The railway station became desolate in the war.
战争期间，这个火车站变得荒凉了。 - Heavy rain will wash away the soil from desolate hills.
大雨将把泥土从荒凉的山丘上冲走。 - This place is desolate of all vegetation.
这个地方不长草木。 - They planted grass seed on the desolate hills.
他们在那些荒芜的山丘上撒播草籽。 - I felt so desolate and so angry.
我感到异常孤愤。 - He has been desolate since his wife died.
自从妻子去世后, 他一直很孤独。
权威例句
DesolateDesolate Place for a Defiant PeopleDesolate landscapes : Ice-Age settlement in Eastern EuropeDesolate landscapes: Ice‐Age settlement in Eastern EuropeOffline: A rainbow on my desolate landDesolate Angel: Jack Kerouac, the Beat Generation, and America (Book)Desolate Angel: Jack Kerouac, The Beat Generation, and America (review)Darwin's Desolate Islands: a Naturalist in the Falklands, 1833 and 1834Tongue is the Face of the Malady? Differentiating in Desolate Distance: Locus -Tropical Field IndiaLong-Distance Migration of Drosophila. 2. Presence in Desolate Sites and Dispersal Near a Desert Oasis
