Don't desert me in my hour of need.
不要在我困難的時候離開我。
Why did you desert teaching for politics?
你為什么棄教從政呢？
As usual at that hour, the place was deserted.
跟平常那個時刻一樣，那地方空蕩蕩的。
Large numbers of soldiers deserted as defeat became inevitable.
戰敗已成定局，許多士兵開小差跑了。
Her courage seemed to desert her for a moment.
她一時間似乎失去了勇氣。