wil·der·ness /ˈwɪldənəs $ -dər-/ ●●○ noun [countableC usually singular] 1 SGGROW PLANTS, VEGETABLES ETCa large area of land that has never been developed or farmed 荒野,不毛之地 the Alaskan wilderness 阿拉斯加荒原
► see thesaurus at country 2 CONTROLa place that seems no longer used or cared for by anyone 荒芜的地方;无人照管的地方 The garden was a wilderness. 那座花园一片荒芜。
The south side of the city had become a lawless wilderness. 这座城市的南部已成为法外之地。
3 in/from/out of the wilderness TAKE PART/BE INVOLVEDsomeone who is in the wilderness does not have power or is not involved in something in an important way at a particular time 在野/从在野的地位/不再处于在野地位 the re-emergence of Richard Nixon from the political wilderness in 1968 理查德•尼克松淡出政坛后于1968年的复出
in/from/out of the wilderness• What could I have done to keep him out of the wilderness?