除了几个零星的小山村之外，这个地区杳无人烟。

The region is uninhabited except for a few scattered mountain villages.

在这一地方的十英里的周围内杳无人烟。

In this place ten miles around there is no signs of human habitation.

我度过快乐童年的小村庄，如今已杳无人烟。

The little village, where I spent my happy childhood, is now deserted.

然而这片土地并不是杳无人烟的，印第安人在这片土地上散居着。

Yet this land is not empty--Native American Indians are spread across the land mass, as are Spanish colonists and French explorers.

作者指出，至1995年，全世界只有百分之十七的土地杳无人烟—无人居住、没有农作物、道路以及能被卫星侦测的夜间照明。

As of 1995, only 17 percent of the world's land area remained truly wild? With no human populations, crops, road access or night-time light detectable by satellite, the authors reported.