| [/ˈwɪldənɪs; ˋwɪldɚnɪs/] n (usu sing 通常作单数) 用法:
1 area of wild uncultivated land; desert 未开垦的荒地; 荒漠; 沙漠:
the Arctic wilderness 北极的荒原. 用法:
2 ~ (of sth) area where plants, esp weeds, grow in an uncontrolled way 植物（尤指杂草）丛生的地方:
The garden is turning into a wilderness. 这个园子逐渐变成杂草丛生之处. *
(fig 比喻) a wilderness of old abandoned cars 旧汽车的弃置地. 用法:
3 (idm 习语) in the `wildernessno longer in an important or influential (esp political) position 不再处於重要的或有影响的地位（尤指政治上）:
After a few years in the wilderness he was reappointed to the Cabinet. 他消沉了几年之後, 又获任命进入了内阁. |