1 ADJ-GRADED 荒芜的；缺少植被的；不毛的 A barren landscape is dry and bare, and has very few plants and no trees. 荒芜的；缺少植被的；不毛的
SYN desolate, empty, desert, bare
2 ADJ-GRADED 贫瘠的 Barren land consists of soil that is so poor that plants cannot grow in it. 贫瘠的
SYN unproductive, dry, useless, sterile
3 ADJ-GRADED 无用的；无益的；无效果的 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. 无用的；无益的；无效果的 [written]
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...politics that are banal and barren of purpose. [+ of]
陈腐盲目的政见
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...the player, who ended a 14-month barren spell by winning the Tokyo event in October.
这名选手赢得了10月的东京赛事，终结了长达14个月不胜的魔咒
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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。
4 ADJ 空的；没有东西的 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. 空的；没有东西的 [written, disapproval]
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The room was austere, nearly barren of furniture or decoration. [+ of]
房间非常简朴，几乎没有任何家具和装饰。
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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。
SYN empty [informal] , clear, vacant, void
5 ADJ 不育的；不孕的 A barren woman or female animal is unable to have babies. 不育的；不孕的 [old-fashioned]
SYN infertile, sterile, childless, unproductive
| Thesaurus | barren Also look up: |
| ADJ. | desolate, empty, infertile, sparse, sterile; (ant.) fertile, lush, rich 1 2 |
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