1. 沙漠;荒漠
    A desert is a large area of land, usually in a hot region, where there is almost no water, rain, trees, or plants.

    e.g. ...the Sahara Desert.
           撒哈拉大沙漠
    e.g. ...the burning desert sun...
           沙漠中火辣辣的太陽

2. 枯燥乏味的地方（或境況）
    If you refer to a place or situation as a desert, you think it is bad for people because it is not interesting, exciting, or useful in any way.

desert在線翻譯

    e.g. They live in 12 high-rise apartment buildings that sit in a desert of concrete...
           他們居住的地方是坐落于一片鋼筋水泥叢林中的12棟高層公寓樓。
    e.g. Pubs are a cultural desert.
           酒館是文化沙漠。

3. 離棄，舍棄(某地)
    If people or animals desert a place, they leave it and it becomes empty.

    e.g. Farmers are deserting their fields and coming here looking for jobs...
           小農(nóng)場主正舍棄他們的土地，到這里來尋找工作。
    e.g. After the show, the audience deserts the Blackpool streets.
           演出結(jié)束后，觀眾從布萊克浦的大街上消失了蹤跡。

4. 拋棄，遺棄(某人)
    If someone deserts you, they go away and leave you, and no longer help or support you.

    e.g. Mrs Roding's husband deserted her years ago...
           羅丁太太的丈夫數(shù)年前拋棄了她。
    e.g. He has been deserted by most of his advisers.
           他的大多數(shù)顧問都棄他而去。

5. 背棄;放棄;脫離
    If you desert something that you support, use, or are involved with, you stop supporting it, using it, or being involved with it.

    e.g. The paper's price rise will encourage readers to desert in even greater numbers...
           報(bào)紙價(jià)格的上漲將導(dǎo)致更多的讀者不再訂閱。
    e.g. He was pained to see many youngsters deserting kibbutz life...
           看到那么多的年輕人放棄了合作農(nóng)場的生活，他感到很痛心。

6. 突然喪失(特質(zhì)、技巧等)
    If a quality or skill that you normally have deserts you, you suddenly find that you do not have it when you need it or want it.

    e.g. Even when he appeared to be depressed, a dry sense of humour never deserted him...
           即使在他看上去很沮喪的時(shí)候，他也從沒有喪失過自己的冷面幽默。
    e.g. She lost the next five games, and the set, as her confidence abruptly deserted her.
           她突然自信心全失，接下來連敗 5 局，并最終丟了這一盤。

7. 擅離(職守);（尤指從軍隊(duì))開小差
      If someone deserts, or deserts a job, especially a job in the armed forces, they leave that job without permission.

      e.g. He was a second-lieutenant in the army until he deserted...
             他在擅離部隊(duì)之前是一名陸軍少尉。
      e.g. He deserted from army intelligence last month...
             上個(gè)月他從陸軍情報(bào)機(jī)關(guān)開小差跑了。

8. 應(yīng)得的懲罰;報(bào)應(yīng)
      If you say that someone has got their just deserts, you mean that they deserved the unpleasant things that have happened to them, because they did something bad.

desert在線翻譯

      e.g. At the end of the book the child's true identity is discovered, and the bad guys get their just deserts.
             在書的結(jié)尾，那個(gè)孩子的真實(shí)身份大白于世，壞人則得到了應(yīng)有的懲罰。