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the outback phrase
⇨ desert desert noun desert ♦︎ wilderness ♦︎ bush ♦︎ wasteland ♦︎ the wilds ♦︎ no-man's land ♦︎ the outback ♦︎ dust bowl ♦︎ wastesThese words all mean a large area of land where very few people live or can survive. 这些词均表示荒凉之地。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆in / into the desert / the wilderness / the bush / the wilds / no-man's land / the outback◆across the desert / no-man's land / the outback◆arid / barren / arctic / frozen desert / wilderness / wasteland / wastes◆the Australian desert / wilderness / bush / outback◆the African desert / wilderness / bush◆a cultural desert / wasteland◆to become a desert / wasteland■ desert [countable, uncountable] a large area of land that has very little water and very few plants growing on it. Many deserts are covered by sand. 沙漠；荒漠；荒原◆the Sahara Desert撒哈拉大沙漠◆Somalia is mostly desert.索马里大部分地区都是荒漠。◆They travelled many miles across burning desert sands.他们在灼热的沙漠里行走了许多英里。■ wilderness / /ˈwɪldənəs; NAmE ˈwɪldərnəs/ [countable, usually singular] a large area of land that has never been developed or used for growing crops because it is difficult to live there; a place that people do not take care of or control 荒原；野地；荒芜的地方◆The Antarctic is the world's last great wilderness.南极洲是世界上最后一个大荒原。◆ (NAmE) The US Department of Agriculture designated the land a wilderness area (= where it is not permitted to build houses or roads) in 1978.1978年美国农业部将这片土地划定为自然环境保留地区。◆That part of the city is a wilderness of run-down houses and derelict factories.该市的那一区域很荒僻，到处是破败的住房和废弃的工厂。■ bush ( often 常作 the bush) [uncountable] an area of wild land that has not been cleared, especially in Africa and Australia （尤指非洲和澳大利亚的）荒野◆Children are taught from an early age how to survive in the bush.孩子们从小就学习在荒野中求生的方法。■ wasteland /ˈweɪstlænd/ / [countable, uncountable] an area of land that cannot be used or that is no longer used for building or growing things on 荒地；不毛之地；废弃地◆City life could be improved by turning urban wastelands into parks.把城市的废弃土地改造成公园能够使城市生活得到改善。◆The film was shot in the desert wasteland of southern California.这部影片在加利福尼亚州南部的荒漠里拍摄。■ the wilds [plural] areas of a country far from towns or cities, where few people live 偏远地区；人烟稀少的地区◆It's a true tale of survival in the wilds of Alaska.这是一个在阿拉斯加人烟稀少的地区求生的真实故事。◆ (humorous) They live on a farm somewhere out in the wilds.他们住在边远地区的一个农场里。■ ˈno-man's land [uncountable, singular] an area of land between the borders of two countries or between two armies, that is not controlled by either （边境的）无人区域；（两军之间的）无人地带◆He led his platoon across no-man's land.他率领一排士兵越过了无人地带。■ the outback [countable, singular] the area of Australia that is a long way from the coast and the towns, where few people live （澳大利亚的）内地，内陆地区◆They live an isolated life in the outback of New South Wales.他们在新南威尔士州的内陆地区过着与世隔绝的生活。■ ˈdust bowl [countable, usually singular] an area of land that has recently been turned into desert by lack of rain or too much farming 风沙侵蚀区；干旱尘暴区◆Many families struggled to survive in the Oklahoma Dust Bowl of the 1930s.20世纪30年代，许多家庭在俄克拉何马州的风沙侵蚀区苦苦挣扎求生。■ wastes [plural] (formal) a large area of land where there are very few people, animals or plants 荒原；荒芜地区；人烟稀少的地区◆Millions of people were exiled to the frozen wastes of Siberia.数百万人被流放到西伯利亚的冻土荒原。 |