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。

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