barrenness

英

美

n.  不孕（症），不结实; 瘠（荒）地

TOEFL医学

BNC.33709 / COCA.30758

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 荒芜的；缺少植被的；不毛的
  Abarrenlandscape is dry and bare, and has very few plants and no trees.
  1. ...the country's landscape of high barren mountains.
     该国草木稀少的高山地貌
• ADJ-GRADED 贫瘠的
  Barrenland consists of soil that is so poor that plants cannot grow in it.
  1. He also wants to use the water to irrigate barren desert land.
     他也想用这些水灌溉荒漠。
• 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 asbarren, you mean that you achieve no success during it or that it has no useful results.
  1. ...politics that are banal and barren of purpose.
     陈腐盲目的政见
  2. ...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
  3. 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。
• ADJ 空的；没有东西的
  If you describe a room or a place asbarren, you do not like it because it has almost no furniture or other objects in it.
  1. The room was austere, nearly barren of furniture or decoration...
     房间非常简朴，几乎没有任何家具和装饰。
  2. 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。
• ADJ 不育的；不孕的
  Abarrenwoman or female animal is unable to have babies.
  1. He prayed that his barren wife would one day have a child.
     他祈祷自己不孕的妻子有朝一日能怀上宝宝。
  2. ...a three-year-old barren mare.
     一匹不孕的3岁母马

英英释义

noun

• the quality of yielding nothing of value
  Synonym:fruitlessnessaridity
• the state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children

双语例句

• They believe money can bring them love and social status, but what they find finally is death and spiritual barrenness.
  他们以为金钱可以带来成功，可以改变自己的社会地位，到头来却发现等待他们的除了空虚失望，就是谋杀和死亡。他们人生目标的虚无也注定了死亡这一不可避免的结局。
• In all this barrenness and cold, what is there of value?
  这样一个空旷寒冷的地方，到底有什么价值？
• It is proved that the extension of this technique can effectively settle three main limitations of drought, low temperature and barrenness existed in the agricultural development of cold area, and it can push the local agricultural development forward.
  实践证明，该技术的推广可有效地解决高寒冷凉地区农业发展中的旱、寒、薄三个主要限制因素，推动当地农业的发展。
• Beware of the barrenness of busyness.
  要谨防徒劳而无益。
• The results show that Prunus armeniaca var. ansu Maxim make fairly sensitive reflection to water and fertilizer although they are able to bear drought and barrenness.
  研究结果表明，山杏虽然耐干旱瘠薄，但对水、肥的反映相当敏感；
• One case of barrenness from placed bottle cork in cervical tract
  宫颈管内置瓶塞7年致不孕一例
• Results The repassage rate of postnatal barrenness was 98%, and its pregnant rate was 60.4%;
  结果其中继发性不孕症再通率为98%；
• Mycoplasma infection is associated with tubal pregnancy and barrenness, and also can result in varied bad pregnancy outcomes.
  支原体感染与不孕及输卵管妊娠有关，并可导致多种不良妊娠结局。
• The barrenness of women with ovulating disturbance on the basis of excluding other reasons is often treated with ovulation induction drug.
  女性不孕症在排除了其它因素确认为排卵障碍性不孕时，常用药物诱导排卵进行治疗。
• 10. In all this barrenness and cold, what is there of value? First, Antarctica is bound to have mineral resources comparable to those of other great continents.
  10、这样一个空旷寒冷的地方，到底有什么价值？首先，南极洲的地下一定有能与其它几个主要大陆相媲美的矿产资源。