desert
[NOUN, VERB]
deserts
1. [C, U 有变体名词] 沙漠
A desert is a large area of land, usually in a hot region, where there is almost no water, rain, trees, or plants.
双语例句
例：the Sahara Desert.
撒哈拉沙漠。
例：The vehicles have been modified to suit conditions in the desert.
这些车辆已经过改装来适应沙漠的环境。
NOUN. 名词
get your just deserts
1. 应受的惩罚
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.
双语例句
例：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。
PHRASE. 习语
deserts , deserting , deserted
1. [T 及物动词] 遗弃
If people or animals desert a place, they leave it and it becomes empty.
双语例句
例：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。
2. [T 及物动词] 抛弃
If someone deserts you, they go away and leave you, and no longer help or support you.
双语例句
例：Mrs Roding's husband deserted her years ago.
罗丁太太的丈夫数年前抛弃了她。
3. [I 不及物动词] 放弃
If you desert something that you support, use, or are involved with, you stop supporting it, using it, or being involved with it.
双语例句
例：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。
例：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。
4. [I 不及物动词] 开小差
If someone deserts, or deserts a job, especially a job in the armed forces, they leave that job without permission.
双语例句
例：He was a second lieutenant in the army until he deserted.
他在开小差之前是个少尉。
例：He deserted from army intelligence last month.
他于上个月擅自离开了军队情报部门。
VERB. 动词
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