The soaring purity of her voice conjured up the frozen bleakness of the Far North.

她高亢、清亮的声音使人们想到了遥远的北方萧瑟的冰天雪地。

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Going through the plateau, one can find the meaning of the beauty in its bleakness.

走过高原，才发现荒凉之美的含义。

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Most of Zhang Ailings novels are of tragic stories, but the "bleakness" is the essence of its tragic narration style.

张爱玲的小说以悲剧故事见长，而“苍凉”是其悲剧叙事风格的内核。

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Despite the bleakness of the past few days, Georgians around the world held out hope.

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Yet it is the very bleakness of this prospect that also gives him hope.

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Songwriter and singer Alex Turner finds poetry in this bleakness and random violence on the CD.

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