wasteland

zone dévastée, terre dévastée

Région tellement détruite ou endommagée qu’on ne peut plus y vivre.

En anglais simple : An area so badly destroyed or damaged that people cannot live there.

• The bombs left a wasteland.
• Toxic waste turned the valley into an uninhabitable wasteland.
• Families fled the wasteland that had once been their city.

Synonymes : ruins

Expressions courantes : toxic wasteland, nuclear wasteland, leave a wasteland

terre aride, désert

Terrain où presque rien ne pousse et dont les ressources naturelles utiles ont disparu.

En anglais simple : An area where almost nothing grows and useful natural resources have disappeared.

• Nothing grows in this wasteland.
• Years of drought turned the farms into wasteland.
• They crossed a dusty wasteland without finding water.

Synonymes : desert, barren land

Expressions courantes : barren wasteland, dry wasteland, turn into wasteland

terrain vague, friche

Terrain qui ne sert ni à l’agriculture, ni à la construction, ni à aucun autre usage.

En anglais simple : Land that is not being used for farming, buildings, or any other purpose.

• Children played on the wasteland.
• The council turned unused wasteland into a park.
• There is a patch of wasteland behind the factory.

Synonymes : waste ground, vacant land

Expressions courantes : urban wasteland, patch of wasteland, develop the wasteland

désert

Lieu ou domaine d’activité qui semble vide, ennuyeux ou dépourvu de choses intéressantes à apprécier.

En anglais simple : A place or area of activity that seems empty, dull, or lacking anything worth enjoying.

• He called the town a cultural wasteland.
• Without its music clubs, the district felt like a wasteland.
• She dismissed evening television as an intellectual wasteland.

Expressions courantes : cultural wasteland, creative wasteland, intellectual wasteland