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desertions

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The noun is pronounced /'dezət/. The pronunciation /dɪ'zɜːt/ is used for the verb and for meaning 8. The verb is hyphenated de|sert. 名词读作 /'dezət/。动词和义项 8 读作/dɪ'zɜːt/。动词分音节符号的位置为 de|sert。
1. N-VAR 沙漠;荒漠 A desert is a large area of land, usually in a hot region, where there is almost no water, rain, trees, or plants. 
  • ...the Sahara Desert.

    撒哈拉大沙漠

  • ...the burning desert sun...

    沙漠中火辣辣的太阳

  • The vehicles have been modified to suit conditions in the desert.

    车辆已改装过以适应沙漠的环境。

2. N-COUNT 枯燥乏味的地方(或境况) If you refer to a place or situation as a desert, you think it is bad for people because it is not interesting, exciting, or useful in any way. 
  • They live in 12 high-rise apartment buildings that sit in a desert of concrete...

    他们居住的地方是坐落于一片钢筋水泥丛林中的12栋高层公寓楼。

  • Pubs are a cultural desert.

    酒馆是文化沙漠。

3. VERB 离弃,舍弃(某地) If people or animals desert a place, they leave it and it becomes empty. 
  • Farmers are deserting their fields and coming here looking for jobs...

    小农场主正舍弃他们的土地,到这里来寻找工作。

  • After the show, the audience deserts the Blackpool streets.

    演出结束后,观众从布莱克浦的大街上消失了踪迹。

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  • They went off to swim in the pool, which was now deserted...

    他们去一个已废弃的游泳池游泳。

  • She led them into a deserted sidestreet.

    她带着他们走进一条空寂无人的小巷。

4. VERB 抛弃,遗弃(某人) If someone deserts you, they go away and leave you, and no longer help or support you. 
  • Mrs Roding's husband deserted her years ago...

    罗丁太太的丈夫数年前抛弃了她。

  • He has been deserted by most of his advisers.

    他的大多数顾问都弃他而去。

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  • ...her father's desertion.

    她父亲的抛家弃子

5. VERB 背弃;放弃;脱离 If you desert something that you support, use, or are involved with, you stop supporting it, using it, or being involved with it. 
  • The paper's price rise will encourage readers to desert in even greater numbers...

    报纸价格的上涨将导致更多的读者不再订阅。

  • He was pained to see many youngsters deserting kibbutz life...

    看到那么多的年轻人放弃了合作农场的生活,他感到很痛心。

  • Spaniards are worried about German investors deserting Spain for Eastern Europe.

    西班牙人担心德国投资者放弃西班牙而转向东欧。

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  • ...a mass desertion of the Party by the electorate.

    大批选民抛弃了该党

  • ...possible further desertions from the party at its conference.

    在其大会上可能发生的更多的退党

6. VERB 突然丧失(特质、技巧等) If a quality or skill that you normally have deserts you, you suddenly find that you do not have it when you need it or want it. 
  • Even when he appeared to be depressed, a dry sense of humour never deserted him...

    即使在他看上去很沮丧的时候,他也从没有丧失过自己的冷面幽默。

  • She lost the next five games, and the set, as her confidence abruptly deserted her.

    她突然自信心全失,接下来连败 5 局,并最终丢了这一盘。

7. VERB 擅离(职守);(尤指从军队)开小差 If someone deserts, or deserts a job, especially a job in the armed forces, they leave that job without permission. 
  • He was a second-lieutenant in the army until he deserted...

    他在擅离部队之前是一名陆军少尉。

  • He deserted from army intelligence last month...

    上个月他从陆军情报机关开小差跑了。

  • Young workers are more willing to desert jobs they don't like.

    年轻职工对不喜欢的工作更易擅自离职。

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  • The high rate of desertion has added to the army's woes...

    高逃兵率更使部队雪上加霜。

  • There were a growing number of desertions from the federal army.

    联邦部队中出现越来越多的开小差现象。

8. PHRASE 应得的惩罚;报应 If you say that someone has got their just deserts, you mean that they deserved the unpleasant things that have happened to them, because they did something bad. 
  • At the end of the book the child's true identity is discovered, and the bad guys get their just deserts.

    在书的结尾,那个孩子的真实身份大白于世,坏人则得到了应有的惩罚。