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单词

barren

读音
ˈbærən
美式 ˈbærən
英式 ˈbærən
词根

“Barren”来源于老法语的 "barener",直接对应的中文衍生词不多。

释义

["adj. 贫瘠的;不生育的;无益的;沉闷无趣的;空洞的\n n. 荒地\n n. (Barren)人名;(西、英)巴伦\n \n [\n 复数\n barrens\n 比较级\n more barren\n 最高级\n most barren\n ]"]

例句

The land was barren and infertile.
这片土地荒芜而贫瘠。
He wants to use the water to irrigate barren desert land.
他想用该水来灌溉贫瘠的沙漠土地。
That's probably the most bare, bleak, barren and inhospitable island I've ever seen.
那可能是我见过的最光秃、最荒凉、最贫瘠和最不适合居住的岛屿。
Then, as blazing sunshine alternated with drenching rains, the harsh, barren surfaces of the black rocks slowly began to soften
But only those few spores that settle down in very favorable locations can start new life; the vast majority fall on barren ground

强化记忆

你可以将“barren”和“bar+ren”联想,像是酒吧(bar)里的任何人(ren),酒吧通常是个繁华的地方,这样就形成了对“贫瘠,无产出”的反义记忆法。

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Oh, they wanted her bland.And barren.Unspirited, un-African, uncultured,
The once beautiful city has fallen to pieces,the countryside barren,the farms abandoned.
They refused to let him pass until he answered their question:why was the tree barren?Again, the youth responded, “I will answer when I return."
Not having resources, not having looks, not having financescan often be the barren soilfrom which the most productive seeds are painstakingly plowed and harvested.
all the qualities o’ th’ isle/ The fresh springs,brine pits, barren place and fertile./Cursed be I that did so!”
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