1. The mid 1970s are seen as a cultural wasteland for rock music. 20世纪70年代中期被视为摇滚乐的文化荒漠。
2. NASA hopes to find evidence for such theories by analyzing the ice contained in the soil of the red wasteland that the Mars Phoenix Lander touched down on. 美国国家航空航天希望通过分析“凤凰”号火星探测器着陆的红色荒原土壤中所含的冰，找到支持这一理论的证据。
3. Some imagine that the coming work-free world will be defined by inequality: A few wealthy people will own all the capital, and the masses will struggle in an impoverished wasteland. 一些人猜想，未来没有工作的世界可以用“不平等”这个词来定义：少数富人将拥有全部资本，而普通大众将在贫穷的荒原上挣扎。
4. The pollution has already turned vast areas into a wasteland. 污染已使大片地区变为荒原。
5. From an airplane over a hilly wasteland a scientist sent back by radio one word, "Uranium". 一位科学家从一架小山丘陵地上的飞机上，通过无线电发送了一个单词，“铀”。
