desert
$ \mathrm{desert}^1 | dəˈzərt |
/icons/point.icon ABANDON, DESERT, FORSAKE mean to leave without intending to return. ABANDON suggests that the thing or person left may be helpless without protection. e.g. abandoned children
DESERT implies that the object left may be weakened but not destroyed by one's absence. e.g. a deserted town
FORSAKE suggests an action more likely to bring impoverishment or bereavement to that which is forsaken than its exposure to physical dangers. e.g. a forsaken lover
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verb with object
〈人が〉〈人〉を捨てる, 見捨てる; 〈職務・持ち場など〉を放棄する (!義務・誓約などをみずから捨てるの意; forsakeは感情的きずなを振り切って見捨てること; abandonはやむを得ず捨てる, 完全に放棄すること) e.g. we feel our public representatives have deserted us.
〈人・動物が〉〈場所〉を(捨てて)去る, 後にする (!しばしば受け身で; → deserted) e.g. good weather came after the summer hordes had deserted the beaches.
⦅書⦆ 〈気持ち・特性・技能などが〉(必要なときに)〈人〉からなくなる, うせる
e.g. her luck deserted her.
〈軍人などが〉 【軍務などから】脱走する, 逃亡する «from» ; 【敵に】投降する «to»
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$ \mathrm{desert}^2 | ˈdezərt |
noun
砂漠, 荒野; U(漠然とした広がりとしての)砂漠地帯
⦅比喩的に⦆ 不毛の地, 時期, 時代; (人跡絶えた)廃墟
e.g. a cultural desert.
adjective attributive
砂漠の(ような)
e.g. overgrazing has created desert conditions.
人の住まない, 寂しい; 不毛の
e.g. desert wastes.
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