wasteland
英 ['we?s(t)l?nd; -l?nd]
美['westl?nd]
- n. 荒地，不毛之地；未開(kāi)墾地，荒漠；（精神或文化上的）貧乏
考試真題
- 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年考研真題（英語(yǔ)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年考研真題（英語(yǔ)二）完形填空 Section Ⅰ