This field has not been cultivated for years.

这片土地已荒废多年了。

I couldn't permit someone of your abilities to moulder away in a backwater.

我不能允许像你这样有能力的人在死气沉沉的地方荒废下去。

Derelict inner-city sites could be sold off cheaply for housing.

荒废的内城区可以价出售用来修建房屋。

The whole area was ravaged by forest fires.

森林火灾使整个地区荒废了。