desert
英 ['dez?t; d?'z??t]
美['d?z?t]
- vt. 遺棄；放棄；逃跑
- vi. 遺棄；開小差；逃掉
- n. 沙漠；荒原；應得的賞罰
- adj. 沙漠的；荒涼的；不毛的
詞組搭配
get (或 receive) one's just deserts
receive the appropriate reward or (more usually) punishment for one's actions
值得受賞；應受懲罰
those who caused great torment to others rarely got their just deserts.
那些給他人帶來巨大痛苦的人很少受到應受的懲罰。