desert

1. N-VAR A desert is a large area of land, usually in a hot region, where there is almost no water, rain, trees, or plants. 沙漠

...the Sahara Desert. …撒哈拉沙漠。

2. V-T If people or animals desert a place, they leave it and it becomes empty. 遗弃

Poor farmers are deserting their parched farm fields and coming here looking for jobs. 贫穷的农民丢下干旱的农田，来这里寻找工作。

3. desertedADJ 被遗弃的

She led them into a deserted sidestreet. 她领他们来到一条废弃的小巷。

4. V-T If someone deserts you, they go away and leave you, and no longer help or support you. 抛弃

Mrs. Roding's husband deserted her years ago. 罗丁太太的丈夫数年前抛弃了她。

5. desertionN-VAR 遗弃

It was a long time since she'd referred to her father's desertion. 自从她谈到被父亲遗弃已经很长时间了。

6. V-T/V-I If you desert something that you support, use, or are involved with, you stop supporting it, using it, or being involved with it. 放弃

The sport is being written off as boring and predictable and the fans are deserting in droves. 这项运动因为枯燥且易于预测而不再吸引人，爱好者们正成批地退出。

He was pained to see many youngsters deserting kibbutz life. 他痛心地看到许多年轻人放弃集体农场生活。

7. desertionN-VAR 放弃

They blamed his proposal for much of the mass desertion by the Republican electorate. 他们把共和党选民的大批离弃主要原因归咎于他的提议。

8. V-T/V-I If someone deserts, or deserts a job, especially a job in the armed forces, they leave that job without permission. 开小差

He was a second lieutenant in the army until he deserted. 他在开小差之前是个少尉。

He deserted from army intelligence last month. 他上个月从军队情报部门开了小差。

9. PHRASE If you say that someone got their just deserts, you mean that they deserved the unpleasant things that happened to them, because they did something bad. 应受的惩罚[情感]

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，这孩子的真实身份被揭开了，那些坏人也受到了应有的惩罚。