barrenness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈbær.ən.nəs/ us/ˈber.ən.nəs/
贫瘠
the state of not being able to produce plants or fruit
A short drive through the countryside reveals vast swathes of barrenness. 穿过乡村的一小段车程就可以看到大片的贫瘠之地。
The city gives way to sprawling ranchos, then barrenness. 出了城市是广阔的牧场，然后是贫瘠之地。
Synonyms: bleaknessdesolation (EMPTINESS)grimness (UGLINESS)starkness
不育，不孕
the condition of not being able to have children or young animals
Infertility treatment promises to overcome barrenness. 不孕症治疗有望克服不孕不育。
空虚;空洞;没有新意
the fact of being empty or without anything new or creative
He dreaded a life of barrenness and isolation. 他害怕空虚和孤独的生活。
All his talent can't disguise the barrenness of the screenplay. 他使尽才华都掩饰不了剧本的空洞。
See: barren
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- The region's many lush golf courses and resort water attractions belie the myth of barrenness.
- He explained that their parents had taken their barrenness as a sign that the union was not meant to be and had pressured them to divorce.
- You don't have to want to be pregnant to feel wistful at even temporary evidence of barrenness
- The exhibited prints serve as a reminder of the barrenness of the museum's sculpture garden before it was landscaped.
- After a couple of years of creative barrenness, a raft of popular new dramas appeared.