名詞 wasteland:

1. an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
   同義詞：barren, waste

1. My friend told me that the place she live is a cultural wasteland.
   我的朋友告訴我她住的地方文化生活貧乏。
2. The wasteland of the north is scarcely populated.
   北方的大荒原地廣人稀。

waste.land

n.（名詞）
Land that is desolate, barren, or ravaged.
荒原：荒涼、貧瘠或遭到毀壞之土地
A place, an era, or an aspect of life considered as lacking in spiritual, aesthetic, or other humanizing qualities; a vacuum:
荒漠：指缺乏精神、美學或其它人文素質(zhì)的地方、時期或生活方面；空虛：
例句：
a cultural wasteland.
文化荒漠