1 ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n] 干旱的;不毛的 Arid land is so dry that very few plants can grow on it. 干旱的;不毛的
SYN dry, desert, dried up, barren
2 ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n] 枯燥无味的;乏善可陈的 If you describe something such as a period of your life or an academic subject as arid, you mean that it has so little interest, excitement, or purpose that it makes you feel bored or unhappy. 枯燥无味的;乏善可陈的
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She had given him the only joy his arid life had ever known.
她为他枯燥无味的生活带来了从未有过的乐趣。
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...the politically arid years of military dictatorship in the 1960s and '70s.
在20世纪60和70年代军事独裁期间政事荒芜的岁月
SYN boring, dull, tedious, dreary
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