wilderness
- n. 荒野, 荒地
- Definition
- n. a wild natural area with few or no people living in it
- Example
- They spent two weeks hiking through the wilderness without seeing another person.
- 他们在荒野中徒步了两周，没有遇到任何人。
Synonyms & Differences 近义词辨析
Compared meaning: an undeveloped, natural area of land (noun).
比较义项：未开发的荒野、自然地带（名词）。
- wilderness 本词
More formal and literary; names the land or region itself as a large, remote, undeveloped area, often emphasizing its vastness (e.g. 'an Arctic wilderness').
更正式、更书面化；用来指代那片土地或地区本身，是一大片偏远、未开发的区域，常强调其广袤（例如 an Arctic wilderness）。
The Alaskan wilderness stretches for hundreds of miles without a single road.
阿拉斯加的荒野绵延数百英里，连一条公路都没有。
- wild
Informal; almost always appears as 'the wild' (or 'the wilds'), usually describing the natural habitat where animals live free from captivity, rather than the land itself.
较为口语化；几乎总是以 the wild（或 the wilds）的形式出现，通常用来描述动物摆脱圈养、生活其中的自然环境，而不是指土地本身。
These days, tigers are rarely spotted in the wild.
如今，老虎在野外已很少被发现。
Wilderness and wild can both mean an undeveloped, natural area, but differ in tone. Wilderness is more formal, naming the land itself as a large, remote, undeveloped area. Wild is informal, almost always as 'the wild', describing the natural habitat where animals live free.
这两个词都可以指人迹罕至、未经开发的自然地区，但语气和用法略有不同：wilderness 更正式、书面化，强调地域的广袤与荒凉；wild 更口语化，几乎总以 the wild（或 the wilds）的形式出现，常用来指动物脱离人工饲养后所处的自然环境。这里只比较“荒野”这一义项。