The city was burnt to a desolate waste.

这城市被焚毁成废墟。

youdao

Sometimes Bertha wandered to the sea-shore and looked across the desolate waste of water.

偶尔伯莎去海岸上闲逛，眺望荒凉的水域。

youdao

And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am the LORD: because he hath said, the river is mine, and I have made it.

埃及地必荒废凄凉，他们就知道我是耶和华。

youdao

Where Arcadia and Elysium lay, there was a desolate waste, pocked with craters.

NEWYORKER: The Martian Chroniclers