des.o.la.tion

desolation的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [ˌdesəˈleiʃən, ˌdez-]
KK音标发音： [ˌdɛsəˈleʃən, ˌdɛz-]

desolation的词性：
n.（名词）

1. The act or an instance of desolating.
荒废，废弃：使荒芜的行为或事例

2. The state of being desolate.
废墟：处于荒芜的状态

3. Devastation; ruin:
摧毁；破坏：

a drought that brought desolation to the region.
旱灾使这一地区荒芜了

4. The state of being abandoned or forsaken; loneliness:
孤独，凄凉：处于被遗弃的状态；孤独：

a sense of utter desolation following the death of his parents.
父母死亡后某种极度孤独的感觉

5. Wretchedness; misery.
可怜；不幸