wilderness读音

1. (politics) a state of disfavor;

   "he led the Democratic party back from the wilderness"
   

2. a wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania where bloody but inconclusive battles were fought in the American Civil War
3. a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition;

   "it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers"
   

4. a bewildering profusion;

   "the duties of citizenship are lost sight of in the wilderness of interests of individuals and groups"
   "a wilderness of masts in the harbor"
   

1.荒野;荒漠;原野
Awilderness is a desert or other area of natural land which is not used by people.

e.g. ...the icy Canadianwilderness...
冰封的加拿大旷野
e.g. He is proud of the garden he made from awilderness.
他为自己从荒地上开辟出的花园而感到自豪。

2.在野;不掌权；不活跃；坐冷板凳
If politicians or other well-known people spend timein the wilderness, they are not in an influential position or very active in their profession for that time.

wilderness什么意思

e.g. ...a party released from 12 years in thewilderness...
摆脱了12年在野状态的政党
e.g. For so long he had waited in thewilderness for a recall to Test cricket.
这么长时间以来，他一直在坐冷板凳，等着被召回参加板球对抗赛。

• in the wilderness在野的,离开政界的...
• wilderness area自然保护区
• a voice in the wilderness荒野里的叫声...
• howling wilderness荒僻的旷野
• voice crying in the wilderness荒野里的呼声...
• voice crying out in the wilderness荒野里的呼声...

• Wildernesses of scattered birch, where adders sun themselves among the fern.

  出自：J. Purseglove

• Despite..pressures from developers, the park service has kept the wilderness intact.

  出自：Backpacker