3ADJ-GRADED 無用的;無益的;無效果的 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. 無用的;無益的;無效果的 [written]
...politics that are banal and barren of purpose. [+ of]
陳腐盲目的政見
...the player, who ended a 14-month barren spell by winning the Tokyo event in October.
這名選手赢得了10月的東京賽事,終結了長達14個月不勝的魔咒
As the leaves of autumn wither and fall, so has my own life become barren.
我的生命就如秋葉般枯萎凋零。
barrenness
...a film that would force audiences to confront the barrenness of contemporary life.
一部會迫使觀衆直面當前空虛生活的電影
4ADJ 空的;沒有東西的 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;沒有東西的 [written, disapproval]
The room was austere, nearly barren of furniture or decoration. [+ of]
房間非常簡樸,幾乎沒有任何家具和裝飾。
Six stale loaves of brown bread formed a dark blot on the otherwise barren shelves.
VERBS | ADVERBVERBS➤appear, be顯得荒蕪;貧瘠▸➤become變得荒蕪▸➤make sth使⋯貧瘠◇The years of growing cotton had made the land completely barren.多年種植棉花使土地貧瘠不堪。ADVERB➤completely徹底荒蕪▸➤almost幾乎荒蕪▸➤fairly, largely, rather, very相當/很大程度上/頗為/非常荒蕪