新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

barren

英 [ˈbærən]

[ADJ]

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ADJ. 形容词

1. 荒芜的
A barren landscape is dry and bare, and has very few plants and no trees.
双语例句
例：
the Tibetan landscape of high barren mountains.
西藏荒芜的高山景观。
2. 贫瘠的
Barren land consists of soil that is so poor that plants cannot grow in it.
近义词
infertile
双语例句
例：
He wants to use the water to irrigate barren desert land.
他想用这些水来灌溉贫瘠的荒漠。
3. 无成就的 , 不成功的
If you describe something such as an activity or a period of your life as barren, you mean that you achieve no success during it or that it has no useful results.
双语例句
例：
an empty exercise barren of utility.
一项毫无效用的无聊训练。
4. 空荡荡的
If you describe a room or a place as barren, you do not like it because it has almost no furniture or other objects in it.
双语例句
例：
The room was austere, nearly barren of furniture or decoration.
这个房间很简朴，几乎没有什么家具或装饰。

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