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ster.ile UNABLE TO PRODUCEH5ster7aIl, $-[ladj [not gradable](of a living being) unable to produce young, or (of land) unable to produce plants or crops不育的，贫瘠的A mule is a sterile animal.骡子是不能生育的动物。It is thought that one of the side effects of the drug could be to make men sterile.这药的副作用之一被认为会使男子不育。The loss of the rain forests would upset the climates of tropical countries, bringing droughts and floods and sterile soil.雨林的丧失会破坏热带国家的气候，导致干旱、洪水以及土地贫瘠。Sterile can also mean lacking in imagination or new ideas or energy.枯燥乏味的They are still continuing with the sterile argument about capitalism versus socialism.他们仍在有关资本主义和社会主义的问题上进行乏味的争论。We need some new ideas to liven up this sterile campaign.我们需要些新观念来使乏味的活动活跃起来。This sterile conflict has been going on for years.这没有结果的冲突已经持续了好几年。
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