词汇精选:barren的用法和辨析

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一、详细释义:

词汇精选:barren的用法和辨析

adj.

荒芜的,贫瘠的,不毛的,缺少植被的,不结果实的


例句:

No one could raise crops on this barren land.

没人能够在这么贫瘠的土地上种庄稼。


例句:

He also wants to use the water to irrigate barren desert land.

他也想用这些水灌溉荒漠。


不育的,不孕的


例句:

He prayed that his barren wife would one day have a child.

他祈祷自己不孕的妻子有朝一日能怀上宝宝。


例句:

Ann is a three-year-old barren mare.

安安是一匹不孕的3岁母马。


无用的,无益的,无价值的,无效果的


例句:

The life there promised something more than a barren struggle with cold and death.

那儿的生活,总比徒劳无益地跟寒冷和死亡斗争要好一点。


例句:

As the leaves of autumn wither and fall, so has my own life become barren.

我的生命就如秋叶般枯萎凋零。


空的,没有东西的


例句:

The room was austere, nearly barren of furniture or decoration.

房间非常简朴,几乎没有任何家具和装饰。


例句:

Six stale loaves of brown bread formed a dark blot on the otherwise barren shelves.

6条变质的黑面包在原本空荡荡的架子上堆出了一个黑点儿。


n.

荒地,荒原,不毛之地

二、词义辨析:


bare,naked,bald,barren

这些形容词都含“裸露的”之意。 bare指缺少必要的遮盖物。用于人时,多指身体的部分裸露。naked指全身一丝不挂,暴露无遗。bald指头上无发,山坡无树无草,树顶无叶。barren着重缺少肥力或生活能力,无草无木,荒瘠不毛。


三、参考例句:


That that vast barren area is inhabited.

那片广阔的荒芜地区有一些人类在居住。


We clothed barren mountains with greenery.

我们绿化荒山。


That that vast barren area is inhabited.

那片广阔的荒芜地区有一些人类在居住。


Ann is a three-year-old barren mare.

安安是一匹不孕的3岁母马。


The barren land could produce little food.

那贫瘠的土地几乎不长庄稼。


His writing is barren of great insight.

他的写作缺乏深刻的见解。


The once barren hillsides are now good farmland.

昔日荒坡,今日良田。


That remote barren land has blossomed into a rich granary.

过去的穷乡僻壤变成了富饶的谷仓。


The barren land has been turned into fertile fields.

那块贫瘠的土地已被改成良田。


No one could raise crops on this barren land.

没人能够在这么贫瘠的土地上种庄稼。