wasteland

荒廃地、廃墟

破壊や損傷がひどく、人が住めなくなった地域。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： ruins

よく使う表現： toxic wasteland, nuclear wasteland, leave a wasteland

不毛の地、荒れ地

植物がほとんど育たず、役立つ天然資源も失われた土地。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： desert, barren land

よく使う表現： barren wasteland, dry wasteland, turn into wasteland

空き地、遊休地

農業や建築など、どんな用途にも使われていない土地。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： waste ground, vacant land

よく使う表現： urban wasteland, patch of wasteland, develop the wasteland

不毛の地、文化的不毛地帯

中身がなく退屈で、楽しむ価値のあるものがないと感じられる場所や分野。

やさしい英語で： 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.

よく使う表現： cultural wasteland, creative wasteland, intellectual wasteland