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  • v. 放弃, 离弃
  • [英] v. 放弃, 离弃 ( go away from a place without intending ever to return)
  • [记] de ( 分开) +sert ( 加入) -> 不在加入 -> 离开 -> 抛弃

[编辑] Webster Collegiate

I. noun

  • Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin desertum, from Latin, neuter of desertus, past participle of deserere to desert, from de- + serere to join together — more at series
  • Date: 13th century
  • 1.
    • a. arid land with usually sparse vegetation; especially such land having a very warm climate and receiving less than 25 centimeters (10 inches) of sporadic rainfall annually
    • b. an area of water apparently devoid of life
  • 2. archaic a wild uninhabited and uncultivated tract
  • 3. a desolate or forbidding area <lost in a desert of doubt>
  • ? desertic adjective
  • ? desertlike adjective

II. adjective

  • Date: 13th century
  • 1. desolate and sparsely occupied or unoccupied <a desert island>
  • 2. of or relating to a desert
  • 3. archaic forsaken

III. noun

  • Etymology: Middle English deserte, from Anglo-French, from feminine of desert, past participle of deservir to deserve
  • Date: 13th century
  • 1. the quality or fact of deserving reward or punishment
  • 2. deserved reward or punishment — usually used in plural<got their just deserts>
  • 3. excellence, worth

IV. verb

  • Etymology: French déserter, from Late Latin desertare, frequentative of Latin deserere
  • Date: 1603
  • transitive verb
    • 1. to withdraw from or leave usually without intent to return <desert a town>
    • 2.
      • a. to leave in the lurch <desert a friend in trouble>
      • b. to abandon (military service) without leave
  • intransitive verb
    • to quit one's post, allegiance, or service without leave or justification; especially to abandon military duty without leave and without intent to return
  • Synonyms: see abandon
  • ? deserter noun


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