[mass noun]a state of complete emptiness or destruction 满目荒凉;破败不堪 the stony desolation of the desert. 多石的荒漠满目凄凉。 ■anguished misery or loneliness 悲哀;孤独 in choked desolation, she watched him leave. 她强忍悲伤,目送他离去。
语源
late Middle English: from late Latin desolatio(n-), from Latin desolare 'to abandon' (see desolate)