“使荒芜”常见的英文表达有 “desolate”(作动词时,意为使荒凉、使荒芜 ) 、“lay waste to” (使……荒芜、使……成为废墟) 、“reduce to desolation” (使……变为荒芜之地 ) 。
例句:
Drought has desolated large areas of farmland.(干旱使大片农田荒芜。)
The war laid waste to the entire region.(战争使整个地区沦为废墟,变得荒芜 。)
Overgrazing has reduced the once fertile land to desolation.(过度放牧使曾经肥沃的土地变为荒芜之地 。)