When plants first made the transition ashore more than 400 million years ago, the land was barren and desolate, inhospitable to life.

4亿多年前，植物第一次向海岸上迁移时，陆地上荒凉而贫瘠，并非生命宜居之地。

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The bed was as wide and desolate as the landscape outside.

床就像外面一样的宽阔而荒凉。

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It's the border between Yakutia and Taymyr. The tundra and desolate expanses of snow.

这是雅库特与泰梅尔的边界，这荒凉的冻土地区是一望无际的冰雪。

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He said his deputies needed it for protection while patrolling desolate areas where drug and immigrant smugglers have been spotted.

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It may not be paradise now (especially if it is a dusty and desolate corner of Iraq).

ECONOMIST: Heaven on earth

The traffic can be daunting around major cities, but there are some remote and desolate stretches with empty beaches.

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But most choose to slog unhappily on with their sham and desolate unions.

ECONOMIST: Neither comrades nor spouses