Definition of wilderness in English:

wilderness

noun ˈwɪldənɪsˈwɪldərnəs

1usually in singular An uncultivated, uninhabited, and inhospitable region.
未开垦之地；荒野；荒无人烟之地；荒凉的地方
Example sentencesExamples
- But why do people come to Knock instead of sampling the serenity of Lough Derg or the wilderness of Croagh Patrick?
- Incredibly, 250 years ago the Lake District was seen as an ugly and inhospitable wilderness.
- There are different terrain types to consider if fighting out in the wilderness.
- That power isn't created by man but it's something that you see in a river in a mountain range, in a wilderness, in a wild lynx or mink and that is something that is so sacred.
- Environmental campaigners are now battling in the courts to save the desert wilderness from further destruction.
- Carver starts out at a disadvantage, but over time becomes uniquely suited to the tropical wilderness.
- Then they were released into the wilderness at the mountain's summit.
- Isle Royale is an island wilderness supporting packs of wolves and herds of moose and is home to many rare plant species.
- This is what they claim they are doing in the wilderness in their desert camps.
- In the wilderness, climbers ascend frozen waterfalls and ice on mountains.
- Because we were suppose to be barbarians running wild in the wilderness?
- At the time he was sixteen years old and part of a survey party that followed the Shenandoah River into the wilderness.
- This does not necessarily mean going to some deserted place in the wilderness.
- When Mohammed opened the wilderness of the Arabian desert he carried the Koran in one hand and a sword in the other.
- Wild rice was the name because of the resemblance to rice paddies and because it was just growing wild in the wilderness.
- Who knows what might happen out there in the wilderness of desert?
- I saw sequoias as tall and straight as skyscrapers, celestial waterfalls and a wilderness stretching to unseen horizons.
- Villages of mud huts dot the hillsides and oases of green amid the barren wilderness provide sanctuary for its denizens.
- It is a desert wilderness, but the separation and the fear are the same.
- Ahead is a barren land of lochans and beautifully-ridged mountains rising steeply from an uninhabited wilderness.
Synonyms
wilds, wastes, uninhabited region, inhospitable region, uncultivated region, badlands
jungle
desert
South African bundu
1. 1.1 A neglected or abandoned area.
  （花园中的）杂草丛生处；（城镇中的）荒芜的地方
  the garden had become a wilderness of weeds and bushes
  Example sentencesExamples
  It is very sad to see what was one of the best pitch & putt courses in the country turn into a wilderness.
  Ponies play a crucial role in the area's ecology by eating vast amounts of vegetation and preventing the landscape turning into a wilderness.
  A lot of farmers went out of business, some of the more marginal farming areas reverted to wilderness.
  But householders in the Harwich Road area say their neighbourhood is becoming a wilderness.
  To the right is a wilderness, abandoned to brambles, ground elder, bindweed and buddleia.
  Synonyms
  wasteland, neglected area, abandoned area, no-man's-land
2. 1.2 A position of disfavour, especially in a political context.
  〈喻〉失宠；在野，不当政
  the man who led the Labour Party out of the wilderness
  领导工党重新执政的人。
  as modifier his wilderness years
  他在野的年月。
  Example sentencesExamples
  In this capacity he was given charge only of the Royal Navy, a position that, after ten years in the political wilderness, he was content to accept.
  Serious infighting resulted, and the Democratic Party entered a wilderness period that it hasn't recovered from.
  Lloyd George after 1922 and Winston Churchill before 1939 spent long periods in the political wilderness.
  He had used his time in the political wilderness to cultivate the party's grass-roots.
  An immediate search is launched for a charismatic leader who can end the wilderness years.
  Labour is beyond reform and Respect is fated to remain in the political wilderness.
  We hope that he has learned some valuable lessons during his three years in the political wilderness.
  Eleven years in the political wilderness had freed me from ordinary party antagonisms.
  The meeting took place after it was indicated to the Down Democrat that the UDA wanted to come in from the political wilderness.
  This is one of the primary reasons why lost cause situations deserve greater attention and should not be left in the political wilderness.
  Cast into the political wilderness, he grew a beard and brooded upon his fate.
  The court decision places him in the political wilderness until April 2008.
  And, if we don't send that message, I fear that we will be in the political wilderness for a long time.
  Those long years in the political wilderness were traumatized by discord and discontent.
  Progressives would profit more by studying the way the New Right responded to life in the political wilderness.
  Rising from political wilderness, the Sonia-led Congress showed that it had the grit and gumption to be an engine of change.
  Coun Black, a former mayor, was forced to stand down seven years ago and spent years in the political wilderness following sleaze allegations.
  I should be used to being out in the political wilderness on these issues.
  Is the Scottish Conservative leader about to take the long cab journey into the political wilderness?
  Churchill spent most of the 1930s in the political wilderness opposing the disastrous appeasement of Hitler.

Phrases

a voice in the wilderness

An unheeded advocate of reform (see Matt. 3:3 etc.).
无人理睬的改革者（见《马太福音》3：3等）
Example sentencesExamples
- He is very far from being a voice in the wilderness.
- ‘We can achieve things with that approach but we need one united voice otherwise we are a voice in the wilderness,’ Mr Daly added.
- My voice may be a voice in the wilderness, but there is hope with AIR!
- In the absence of such a move, calls for a united front will remain a voice in the wilderness.
- If this then marks him as a voice in the wilderness, so be it.
- ‘He represents the old-fashioned romantic image of a voice in the wilderness,’ he says.
- He may have at times been a voice in the wilderness, but he was my voice.
- Wesbury is chief economist at GKST, and has been a voice in the wilderness for the past couple of years, pointing out the undercurrent of strength in the domestic U.S. Economy.
- For I say to you, I am as a voice in the wilderness, and I preach the name of a movie as yet unreleased; a movie whose coming will shake the world, will change the course of history.
- Time will tell whether Spurlock's capable of arriving at conclusions rather than telegraphing them in advance, but for now, he's a voice in the wilderness.

Origin

Old English wildēornes 'land inhabited only by wild animals', from wild dēor 'wild deer' + -ness.

Definition of wilderness in US English:

wilderness

nounˈwɪldərnəsˈwildərnəs

1usually in singular An uncultivated, uninhabited, and inhospitable region.
未开垦之地；荒野；荒无人烟之地；荒凉的地方
Example sentencesExamples
- Who knows what might happen out there in the wilderness of desert?
- Because we were suppose to be barbarians running wild in the wilderness?
- This is what they claim they are doing in the wilderness in their desert camps.
- It is a desert wilderness, but the separation and the fear are the same.
- At the time he was sixteen years old and part of a survey party that followed the Shenandoah River into the wilderness.
- Villages of mud huts dot the hillsides and oases of green amid the barren wilderness provide sanctuary for its denizens.
- Ahead is a barren land of lochans and beautifully-ridged mountains rising steeply from an uninhabited wilderness.
- Incredibly, 250 years ago the Lake District was seen as an ugly and inhospitable wilderness.
- When Mohammed opened the wilderness of the Arabian desert he carried the Koran in one hand and a sword in the other.
- Isle Royale is an island wilderness supporting packs of wolves and herds of moose and is home to many rare plant species.
- There are different terrain types to consider if fighting out in the wilderness.
- That power isn't created by man but it's something that you see in a river in a mountain range, in a wilderness, in a wild lynx or mink and that is something that is so sacred.
- Then they were released into the wilderness at the mountain's summit.
- I saw sequoias as tall and straight as skyscrapers, celestial waterfalls and a wilderness stretching to unseen horizons.
- This does not necessarily mean going to some deserted place in the wilderness.
- Environmental campaigners are now battling in the courts to save the desert wilderness from further destruction.
- But why do people come to Knock instead of sampling the serenity of Lough Derg or the wilderness of Croagh Patrick?
- In the wilderness, climbers ascend frozen waterfalls and ice on mountains.
- Wild rice was the name because of the resemblance to rice paddies and because it was just growing wild in the wilderness.
- Carver starts out at a disadvantage, but over time becomes uniquely suited to the tropical wilderness.
Synonyms
wilds, wastes, uninhabited region, inhospitable region, uncultivated region, badlands
1. 1.1 A neglected or abandoned area of a garden or town.
  （花园中的）杂草丛生处；（城镇中的）荒芜的地方
  Example sentencesExamples
  Ponies play a crucial role in the area's ecology by eating vast amounts of vegetation and preventing the landscape turning into a wilderness.
  A lot of farmers went out of business, some of the more marginal farming areas reverted to wilderness.
  But householders in the Harwich Road area say their neighbourhood is becoming a wilderness.
  To the right is a wilderness, abandoned to brambles, ground elder, bindweed and buddleia.
  It is very sad to see what was one of the best pitch & putt courses in the country turn into a wilderness.
  Synonyms
  wasteland, neglected area, abandoned area, no-man's-land
2. 1.2 A position of disfavor, especially in a political context.
  〈喻〉失宠；在野，不当政
  the man who led the Green Party out of the wilderness
  领导工党重新执政的人。
  as modifier his wilderness years
  他在野的年月。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Coun Black, a former mayor, was forced to stand down seven years ago and spent years in the political wilderness following sleaze allegations.
  Cast into the political wilderness, he grew a beard and brooded upon his fate.
  I should be used to being out in the political wilderness on these issues.
  Labour is beyond reform and Respect is fated to remain in the political wilderness.
  Eleven years in the political wilderness had freed me from ordinary party antagonisms.
  An immediate search is launched for a charismatic leader who can end the wilderness years.
  The meeting took place after it was indicated to the Down Democrat that the UDA wanted to come in from the political wilderness.
  We hope that he has learned some valuable lessons during his three years in the political wilderness.
  In this capacity he was given charge only of the Royal Navy, a position that, after ten years in the political wilderness, he was content to accept.
  Churchill spent most of the 1930s in the political wilderness opposing the disastrous appeasement of Hitler.
  Is the Scottish Conservative leader about to take the long cab journey into the political wilderness?
  He had used his time in the political wilderness to cultivate the party's grass-roots.
  Rising from political wilderness, the Sonia-led Congress showed that it had the grit and gumption to be an engine of change.
  The court decision places him in the political wilderness until April 2008.
  Those long years in the political wilderness were traumatized by discord and discontent.
  This is one of the primary reasons why lost cause situations deserve greater attention and should not be left in the political wilderness.
  Lloyd George after 1922 and Winston Churchill before 1939 spent long periods in the political wilderness.
  Serious infighting resulted, and the Democratic Party entered a wilderness period that it hasn't recovered from.
  And, if we don't send that message, I fear that we will be in the political wilderness for a long time.
  Progressives would profit more by studying the way the New Right responded to life in the political wilderness.

Phrases

a voice in the wilderness

An unheeded advocate of reform (see Matt. 3:3 etc.).
无人理睬的改革者（见《马太福音》3：3等）
Example sentencesExamples
- In the absence of such a move, calls for a united front will remain a voice in the wilderness.
- ‘We can achieve things with that approach but we need one united voice otherwise we are a voice in the wilderness,’ Mr Daly added.
- If this then marks him as a voice in the wilderness, so be it.
- For I say to you, I am as a voice in the wilderness, and I preach the name of a movie as yet unreleased; a movie whose coming will shake the world, will change the course of history.
- Wesbury is chief economist at GKST, and has been a voice in the wilderness for the past couple of years, pointing out the undercurrent of strength in the domestic U.S. Economy.
- ‘He represents the old-fashioned romantic image of a voice in the wilderness,’ he says.
- He is very far from being a voice in the wilderness.
- My voice may be a voice in the wilderness, but there is hope with AIR!
- Time will tell whether Spurlock's capable of arriving at conclusions rather than telegraphing them in advance, but for now, he's a voice in the wilderness.
- He may have at times been a voice in the wilderness, but he was my voice.

Origin

Old English wildēornes ‘land inhabited only by wild animals’, from wild dēor ‘wild deer’ + -ness.

词汇	wilderness
释义	Definition of wilderness in English: wilderness noun ˈwɪldənɪsˈwɪldərnəs 1usually in singular An uncultivated, uninhabited, and inhospitable region. 未开垦之地；荒野；荒无人烟之地；荒凉的地方 Example sentencesExamples But why do people come to Knock instead of sampling the serenity of Lough Derg or the wilderness of Croagh Patrick? Incredibly, 250 years ago the Lake District was seen as an ugly and inhospitable wilderness. There are different terrain types to consider if fighting out in the wilderness. That power isn't created by man but it's something that you see in a river in a mountain range, in a wilderness, in a wild lynx or mink and that is something that is so sacred. Environmental campaigners are now battling in the courts to save the desert wilderness from further destruction. Carver starts out at a disadvantage, but over time becomes uniquely suited to the tropical wilderness. Then they were released into the wilderness at the mountain's summit. Isle Royale is an island wilderness supporting packs of wolves and herds of moose and is home to many rare plant species. This is what they claim they are doing in the wilderness in their desert camps. In the wilderness, climbers ascend frozen waterfalls and ice on mountains. Because we were suppose to be barbarians running wild in the wilderness? At the time he was sixteen years old and part of a survey party that followed the Shenandoah River into the wilderness. This does not necessarily mean going to some deserted place in the wilderness. When Mohammed opened the wilderness of the Arabian desert he carried the Koran in one hand and a sword in the other. Wild rice was the name because of the resemblance to rice paddies and because it was just growing wild in the wilderness. Who knows what might happen out there in the wilderness of desert? I saw sequoias as tall and straight as skyscrapers, celestial waterfalls and a wilderness stretching to unseen horizons. Villages of mud huts dot the hillsides and oases of green amid the barren wilderness provide sanctuary for its denizens. It is a desert wilderness, but the separation and the fear are the same. Ahead is a barren land of lochans and beautifully-ridged mountains rising steeply from an uninhabited wilderness. Synonyms wilds, wastes, uninhabited region, inhospitable region, uncultivated region, badlands jungle desert South African bundu 1.1 A neglected or abandoned area. （花园中的）杂草丛生处；（城镇中的）荒芜的地方 the garden had become a wilderness of weeds and bushes Example sentencesExamples It is very sad to see what was one of the best pitch & putt courses in the country turn into a wilderness. Ponies play a crucial role in the area's ecology by eating vast amounts of vegetation and preventing the landscape turning into a wilderness. A lot of farmers went out of business, some of the more marginal farming areas reverted to wilderness. But householders in the Harwich Road area say their neighbourhood is becoming a wilderness. To the right is a wilderness, abandoned to brambles, ground elder, bindweed and buddleia. Synonyms wasteland, neglected area, abandoned area, no-man's-land 1.2 A position of disfavour, especially in a political context. 〈喻〉失宠；在野，不当政 the man who led the Labour Party out of the wilderness 领导工党重新执政的人。 as modifier his wilderness years 他在野的年月。 Example sentencesExamples In this capacity he was given charge only of the Royal Navy, a position that, after ten years in the political wilderness, he was content to accept. Serious infighting resulted, and the Democratic Party entered a wilderness period that it hasn't recovered from. Lloyd George after 1922 and Winston Churchill before 1939 spent long periods in the political wilderness. He had used his time in the political wilderness to cultivate the party's grass-roots. An immediate search is launched for a charismatic leader who can end the wilderness years. Labour is beyond reform and Respect is fated to remain in the political wilderness. We hope that he has learned some valuable lessons during his three years in the political wilderness. Eleven years in the political wilderness had freed me from ordinary party antagonisms. The meeting took place after it was indicated to the Down Democrat that the UDA wanted to come in from the political wilderness. This is one of the primary reasons why lost cause situations deserve greater attention and should not be left in the political wilderness. Cast into the political wilderness, he grew a beard and brooded upon his fate. The court decision places him in the political wilderness until April 2008. And, if we don't send that message, I fear that we will be in the political wilderness for a long time. Those long years in the political wilderness were traumatized by discord and discontent. Progressives would profit more by studying the way the New Right responded to life in the political wilderness. Rising from political wilderness, the Sonia-led Congress showed that it had the grit and gumption to be an engine of change. Coun Black, a former mayor, was forced to stand down seven years ago and spent years in the political wilderness following sleaze allegations. I should be used to being out in the political wilderness on these issues. Is the Scottish Conservative leader about to take the long cab journey into the political wilderness? Churchill spent most of the 1930s in the political wilderness opposing the disastrous appeasement of Hitler. Phrases a voice in the wilderness An unheeded advocate of reform (see Matt. 3:3 etc.). 无人理睬的改革者（见《马太福音》3：3等） Example sentencesExamples He is very far from being a voice in the wilderness. ‘We can achieve things with that approach but we need one united voice otherwise we are a voice in the wilderness,’ Mr Daly added. My voice may be a voice in the wilderness, but there is hope with AIR! In the absence of such a move, calls for a united front will remain a voice in the wilderness. If this then marks him as a voice in the wilderness, so be it. ‘He represents the old-fashioned romantic image of a voice in the wilderness,’ he says. He may have at times been a voice in the wilderness, but he was my voice. Wesbury is chief economist at GKST, and has been a voice in the wilderness for the past couple of years, pointing out the undercurrent of strength in the domestic U.S. Economy. For I say to you, I am as a voice in the wilderness, and I preach the name of a movie as yet unreleased; a movie whose coming will shake the world, will change the course of history. Time will tell whether Spurlock's capable of arriving at conclusions rather than telegraphing them in advance, but for now, he's a voice in the wilderness. Origin Old English wildēornes 'land inhabited only by wild animals', from wild dēor 'wild deer' + -ness. noun.1 phr. Definition of wilderness in US English: wilderness nounˈwɪldərnəsˈwildərnəs 1usually in singular An uncultivated, uninhabited, and inhospitable region. 未开垦之地；荒野；荒无人烟之地；荒凉的地方 Example sentencesExamples Who knows what might happen out there in the wilderness of desert? Because we were suppose to be barbarians running wild in the wilderness? This is what they claim they are doing in the wilderness in their desert camps. It is a desert wilderness, but the separation and the fear are the same. At the time he was sixteen years old and part of a survey party that followed the Shenandoah River into the wilderness. Villages of mud huts dot the hillsides and oases of green amid the barren wilderness provide sanctuary for its denizens. Ahead is a barren land of lochans and beautifully-ridged mountains rising steeply from an uninhabited wilderness. Incredibly, 250 years ago the Lake District was seen as an ugly and inhospitable wilderness. When Mohammed opened the wilderness of the Arabian desert he carried the Koran in one hand and a sword in the other. Isle Royale is an island wilderness supporting packs of wolves and herds of moose and is home to many rare plant species. There are different terrain types to consider if fighting out in the wilderness. That power isn't created by man but it's something that you see in a river in a mountain range, in a wilderness, in a wild lynx or mink and that is something that is so sacred. Then they were released into the wilderness at the mountain's summit. I saw sequoias as tall and straight as skyscrapers, celestial waterfalls and a wilderness stretching to unseen horizons. This does not necessarily mean going to some deserted place in the wilderness. Environmental campaigners are now battling in the courts to save the desert wilderness from further destruction. But why do people come to Knock instead of sampling the serenity of Lough Derg or the wilderness of Croagh Patrick? In the wilderness, climbers ascend frozen waterfalls and ice on mountains. Wild rice was the name because of the resemblance to rice paddies and because it was just growing wild in the wilderness. Carver starts out at a disadvantage, but over time becomes uniquely suited to the tropical wilderness. Synonyms wilds, wastes, uninhabited region, inhospitable region, uncultivated region, badlands 1.1 A neglected or abandoned area of a garden or town. （花园中的）杂草丛生处；（城镇中的）荒芜的地方 Example sentencesExamples Ponies play a crucial role in the area's ecology by eating vast amounts of vegetation and preventing the landscape turning into a wilderness. A lot of farmers went out of business, some of the more marginal farming areas reverted to wilderness. But householders in the Harwich Road area say their neighbourhood is becoming a wilderness. To the right is a wilderness, abandoned to brambles, ground elder, bindweed and buddleia. It is very sad to see what was one of the best pitch & putt courses in the country turn into a wilderness. Synonyms wasteland, neglected area, abandoned area, no-man's-land 1.2 A position of disfavor, especially in a political context. 〈喻〉失宠；在野，不当政 the man who led the Green Party out of the wilderness 领导工党重新执政的人。 as modifier his wilderness years 他在野的年月。 Example sentencesExamples Coun Black, a former mayor, was forced to stand down seven years ago and spent years in the political wilderness following sleaze allegations. Cast into the political wilderness, he grew a beard and brooded upon his fate. I should be used to being out in the political wilderness on these issues. Labour is beyond reform and Respect is fated to remain in the political wilderness. Eleven years in the political wilderness had freed me from ordinary party antagonisms. An immediate search is launched for a charismatic leader who can end the wilderness years. The meeting took place after it was indicated to the Down Democrat that the UDA wanted to come in from the political wilderness. We hope that he has learned some valuable lessons during his three years in the political wilderness. In this capacity he was given charge only of the Royal Navy, a position that, after ten years in the political wilderness, he was content to accept. Churchill spent most of the 1930s in the political wilderness opposing the disastrous appeasement of Hitler. Is the Scottish Conservative leader about to take the long cab journey into the political wilderness? He had used his time in the political wilderness to cultivate the party's grass-roots. Rising from political wilderness, the Sonia-led Congress showed that it had the grit and gumption to be an engine of change. The court decision places him in the political wilderness until April 2008. Those long years in the political wilderness were traumatized by discord and discontent. This is one of the primary reasons why lost cause situations deserve greater attention and should not be left in the political wilderness. Lloyd George after 1922 and Winston Churchill before 1939 spent long periods in the political wilderness. Serious infighting resulted, and the Democratic Party entered a wilderness period that it hasn't recovered from. And, if we don't send that message, I fear that we will be in the political wilderness for a long time. Progressives would profit more by studying the way the New Right responded to life in the political wilderness. Phrases a voice in the wilderness An unheeded advocate of reform (see Matt. 3:3 etc.). 无人理睬的改革者（见《马太福音》3：3等） Example sentencesExamples In the absence of such a move, calls for a united front will remain a voice in the wilderness. ‘We can achieve things with that approach but we need one united voice otherwise we are a voice in the wilderness,’ Mr Daly added. If this then marks him as a voice in the wilderness, so be it. For I say to you, I am as a voice in the wilderness, and I preach the name of a movie as yet unreleased; a movie whose coming will shake the world, will change the course of history. Wesbury is chief economist at GKST, and has been a voice in the wilderness for the past couple of years, pointing out the undercurrent of strength in the domestic U.S. Economy. ‘He represents the old-fashioned romantic image of a voice in the wilderness,’ he says. He is very far from being a voice in the wilderness. My voice may be a voice in the wilderness, but there is hope with AIR! Time will tell whether Spurlock's capable of arriving at conclusions rather than telegraphing them in advance, but for now, he's a voice in the wilderness. He may have at times been a voice in the wilderness, but he was my voice. Origin Old English wildēornes ‘land inhabited only by wild animals’, from wild dēor ‘wild deer’ + -ness. noun.1 phr.
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