ADJECTIVE | VERB + WILDERNESS | WILDERNESS + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤last最後的荒野▸➤great, vast大荒原;廣袤的荒野◇Antarctica, the last great wilderness南極洲 - 最後一塊大荒原➤barren, desert, desolate, howling (especially NAmE) 貧瘠的荒原;荒漠;荒無人煙的曠野◇He depicted the frontier as a howling wilderness inhabited by uncivilized savages.在他的描寫中,邊疆是個荒蕪之地,住着一些未開化的野蠻人。➤frozen冰凍的荒野➤remote遙遠的荒野▸➤trackless, uncharted不見人跡的/地圖上未標示的荒野▸➤pristine, unspoiled未遭破壞的荒野➤designated, protected (both NAmE) 劃定為荒野的地區;受保護的荒野◇The trail passes through a federally designated wilderness.這條小路途經聯邦政府劃定的荒野區。➤mountain荒山野嶺➤Alaskan, Arctic, Canadian, etc.阿拉斯加、北極、加拿大等的荒野▸➤political (figurative) 在野◇the man who brought the party back from the political wilderness使該黨重獲執政地位的人VERB + WILDERNESS➤tame, transform改造荒地◇They transformed the wilderness into a garden.他們把荒地變成了花園。➤explore探索荒野◇They set out to explore the continent's last great wilderness.他們出發去該大陸上最後一塊未開發的大荒原探險。➤preserve, protect (both especially NAmE) 保護荒野WILDERNESS + NOUN➤area (especially NAmE) 荒野地區◇officially designated wilderness areas and wildlife refuges官方劃定的荒野地區和野生動物保護區➤preservation, protection (both especially NAmE) 荒野保護▸➤years (figurative, especially BrE) 受到冷遇的歲月◇His wilderness years (= when he was out of politics and the public eye) in the 1990s were spent in Canada.20 世紀 90 年代他在加拿大度過了坐冷板凳的日子。PREPOSITION➤in the wilderness在荒漠中◇We were hopelessly lost in the wilderness.我們在荒野中完全迷失了方向。
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