| 词汇 | wilderness |
| 释义 | wilderness noun[ Cusually singular ] uk /ˈwɪl.də.nəs/ us /ˈwɪl.dɚ.nəs/ C2 an area of land that has not been used to grow crops or had towns and roads built on it, especially because it is difficult to live in as a result of its extremely cold or hot weather or bad earth: 荒无人烟的地区；荒野 a beautiful mountain wilderness美丽的山野 Alaska is the last great wilderness.阿拉斯加州是最后一片大荒原。 mainly USIt's a wilderness area, under the protection of the Parks Department.这是一片受公园管理部门保护的荒野。 Andia/Universal Images Group/GettyImages an outside area in which plants are left to grow naturally or untidily: （杂草丛生的）荒地 The garden was a wilderness of weeds and overgrown bushes.这个花园一片荒芜，满是杂草和丛生的灌木。 He abided in the wilderness for forty days.他在荒野中度过了40天。 The area is a trackless wilderness. If he fails to gain the title, it could mean months in the wilderness. The area has reverted to wilderness since the mine closed down. The northern peninsula is a rocky wilderness. Geography: deserts, prairies & wildernesses alpine tundra brush bush Bushman desert dust bowl grassland heath heathland marginal land moor mulga pasture plain the Gobi Desert veld virgin wadi waste wasteland Idiomsin the wilderness wilderness years wilderness | American Dictionarywilderness noun[ Cusually sing ] us/ˈwɪl·dər·nəs/ an area of land that has not been farmed or had towns and roads built on it, esp. because it is difficult to live in as a result of its extremely cold or hot weather or bad earth: Large parts of Canada are still wilderness. wilderness | Business Englishwilderness noun[ C,usually singular ] uk /ˈwɪldənəs/us in the wilderness if someone previously in a position of power is now in the wilderness, they have lost their power and it is not clear if or how they will get it back: His dismissal from the Cabinet led to a long period in the political wilderness. Examples of wildernesswilderness We do not want islands of biodiversity separated by wildernesses of intensive farming or abandoned land. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are not empty wildernesses as they are in so many other countries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The areas are in danger of becoming mere wildernesses, devoid of people even to provide the basic services which visitors expect. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Unless extra encouragement is given, those areas in many cases will be neglected, not planted, and will become wildernesses for years to come. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I agree that it is important to get bikes off mountains and away from natural wildernesses, and on to our streets. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He spent two decades in the political wilderness. The siting and placing of the works varies a great deal, from private to public, urban to desert, coastal to wilderness. Rock climbing is discouraged because the wilderness's sandstone cliffs are friable and crumbly. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In addition to wilderness and civilization these included poor and rich, male and female, young and old, and so on. The lab has and continues to reveal how alternative institutions affect the wilderness within. They needed some popular measures to get reelected in 1892; otherwise they faced a long-term political wilderness. Perhaps it is the result of long periods in the wilderness, when mainstream linguists - particularly computational linguists laughed at their efforts. All three wildernesses total 1,535,352 acres (6,070 km). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The earth was a wilderness (?), nothing had been built there [previously]. In fact, villagers make a clear distinction in everyday language between inhabited space (the limbo and its fields) and the surrounding wilderness (musenge). See all examples of wilderness These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withwildernesswildernessThese are words often used in combination with wilderness. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. designated wilderness The long trails are mostly in designatedwilderness areas. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. protected wilderness National parks should be protected, but, at the same time, should be developed for people to live in and work the land; we should not have simply a protectedwilderness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 remote wilderness It may be dangerous patrolling remotewilderness areas in the mountains and/or desert, sometimes alone. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. 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