3ADJ-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]
...politics that are banal and barren of purpose. [+ of]
陈腐盲目的政见
...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
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。
barrenness
...a film that would force audiences to confront the barrenness of contemporary life.
一部会迫使观众直面当前空虚生活的电影
4ADJ 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]
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。
Six stale loaves of brown bread formed a dark blot on the otherwise barren shelves.