Définition anglaise de “desert”

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desertnoun [ C or U ]

uk ​ /ˈdez.ət/ us ​ /ˈdez.ɚt/

A2 an area, often covered with sand or rocks, where there is very little rain and not many plants:

They were lost in the desert for nine days.
We had to cross a large area of arid, featureless desert.
the desert sun
cultural, intellectual, etc. desert disapproving

› a place that is considered to have no cultural, intellectual, etc. quality or interest:

This town is a cultural desert.

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desertverb

uk ​ /dɪˈzɜːt/ us ​ /dɪˈzɝːt/

desert verb (RUN AWAY)

› [ I or T ] to leave the armed forces without permission and with no intention of returning:

Soldiers who deserted and were caught were shot.
How many people desert from the army each year?

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desert verb (LEAVE BEHIND)

› [ T ] to leave someone without help or in a difficult situation and not come back:

He deserted his wife and family for another woman.

› [ T ] If a quality deserts you, you suddenly and temporarily lose it:

All my confidence/courage deserted me when I walked into the exam.

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(Definition of “desert” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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desertverb [ T ]

us ​ /dɪˈzɜrt/

› to leave someone or something without help or in a difficult situation:

Local people deserted the city as hordes of tourists arrived.

› If you desert the armed forces, you leave without permission and with no intention of returning:

He denied that he had deserted his post.

desertnoun [ C/U ]

us ​ /ˈdez·ərt/

› a large, dry area where there is very little rain and few plants:

[ U ] When you live in the desert, water is your most vital resource.

(Definition of “desert” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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Now we learn that they are dying at the fences which separate poverty from prosperity, or that they are left in the desert without food and water.
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The desert is spreading.
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Furthermore, it is not a fair directive because it ignores the large uninhabited areas, climatic diversity, desert areas and arid areas.
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As a result of this disaster, much of the land will go uncultivated and will be liable to end up as mere desert.
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The big problem is that the desert is expanding and tropical forests are in bad shape, threatened by greed and crime.
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Civil conflict, guerrilla warfare, military coups, religious and ethnic divisions, combined with a hostile, semi-desert environment and a problematic regional neighbourhood, have led to almost continuous unrest in the country.
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An acute lack of humanitarian food aid and inadequate funding are threatening the old, isolated camps, which find it hard to withstand the savage desert climate.
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If they were only wallowing in desert sand and dust, we would not be here discussing a conflict that is threatening to turn into a massive regional tragedy.
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The situation in the north is different from that in the south, and different from the situation in those countries which have the problem of desert areas.
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Other countries in the region must also be involved in this programme, since we will otherwise be faced with an ever-increasing number of related problems as the desert spreads south.
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