渺无人烟

guò qù zhè lǐ shì miǎo wú rén yān de dì fang

过去这里是渺无人烟的地方。

In the past, this place was uninhabited.

dà duō shù dǎo yǔ jī běn shàng dōu shì yī piàn huāng liáng miǎo wú rén yān

大多数岛屿基本上都是一片荒凉、渺无人烟。

Many of the islands are mainly wild and underpopulated.

zhè hú bìng fēi shì yī gè miǎo wú rén yān de yě dì fang

这湖并非是一个渺无人烟的野地方。

The lake had never been what you would call a wild lake.