barren /ˈbærən/ CET6 TEM4

• 1. 

  ADJ A barren landscape is dry and bare, and has very few plants and no trees. 荒芜的

  例：

  ...the Tibetan landscape of high barren mountains.

  …西藏荒芜的高山景观。

• 2. 

  ADJ Barren land consists of soil that is so poor that plants cannot grow in it. 贫瘠的

  例：

  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。

• 3. 

  ADJ 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. 无成就的; 不成功的 [书面] [oft ADJ 'of' n]

  例：

  ...an empty exercise barren of utility.

  …一项毫无效用的无聊训练。

• 4. 

  ADJ 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. 空荡荡的 [书面] [oft ADJ 'of' n]

  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。