desolation
英 [desə'leɪʃ(ə)n]
美 [,dɛsə'leʃən]
英語の語源
- desolation (n.)
- late 14c., "action of laying waste," also "sorrow, grief," from Old French desolacion (12c.) "desolation, devastation, hopelessness, despair," from Church Latin desolationem (nominative desolatio), noun of action from past participle stem of desolare (see desolate (adj.)). Meaning "condition of being ruined or wasted" is from early 15c.
例文
- 1. Kozelek expresses his sense of desolation absolutely without self-pity.
- コゼッレイクは自分のもの悲しさを少しも顧みずに表現した。
- 2.We looked out upon a scene of desolation and ruin.
- 目を向けると、目の前には荒れ果てた廃墟が広がっていた。
- 3.a scene of utter desolation
- 満目創痍の光景
- 4.We couldn 't stay out there in that desolation another day.
- あの荒涼とした場所に私たちは1日もいられなくなった.
- 5.He found the old house in complete desolation .
- 彼はその古い家が荒涼としていることに気づいた。
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