wasteland
noun uk/ˈweɪst.lænd/ us/ˈweɪst.lænd/
[ C or U ]（尤指城市里或市郊的）荒地
an empty area of land, especially in or near a city, that is not used to grow crops or built on, or used in any way
The car was dumped in a stretch of wasteland in the south of the city. 那辆汽车被遗弃在该市南部的一片荒地里。
[ S ] literary disapproving荒原，荒漠（指缺乏积极向上等特质的时代或局面）
a place, time, or situation that does not contain or produce anything positive, or that is completely without a particular quality or activity
the spiritual wasteland of the 1980s 20世纪80年代的精神荒漠