wasteland
英 ['weɪs(t)lænd; -lənd]
美['westlənd]
- n. 荒地，不毛之地；未开垦地，荒漠；（精神或文化上的）贫乏
考试真题
- A different and not mutually exclusive prediction holds that the future will be a wasteland of a different sort, one characterized by purposelessness": without jobs to give their lives meaning, people will simply become lazy and depressed.
2017年考研真题（英语二）完形填空 Section Ⅰ
- A few wealthy people will own all the capital, and the masses will struggle in an impoverished wasteland.
2017年考研真题（英语二）完形填空 Section Ⅰ