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考法 Producing Barren Utterly ★Barren 1】Adj.不育的 Incapable Offspring

正面 ★barren
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【考法 1】adj.不育的: incapable of producing offspring
【例】a poor, barren woman 一名可怜的不孕女子
【近】fruitless, impotent, infertile, effete
【反】prolific, fecund多产的
【考法 2】adj.不产生结果的,无效的: producing no results; unproductive
【例】That line of investigation proved barren, so the police tried other avenues 那个方向的调查己经被证 明是没有结果的了,所以警察开始尝试其他的途径
【近】bootless, ineffective, inefficacious, unavailing, vain
【反】effective, successful, productive, virtuous 有效的,成功的
【考法 3】adj.贫瘠的: deficient in production of vegetation and especially crops
【例】barren deserts and wastelands贫瘠的沙漠和荒野
【近】desolate, impoverished, waste
【反】arable, fruitful, luxuriant, verdant 富饶繁茂的
【考法 4】adj.极度匮乏的: utterly lacking in something needed, wanted, or expected
【例】Their proposal for revitalizing the downtown business district is utterly barren of practical methods 他 们意图重振中心商业区的计划缺乏能够起效的方法
【近】bare, bereft, destitute, void
【反】filled, flush, fraught, full, replete, rife 充沛的

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