barren
单词辨析：
指某处空寂无人的。
That old building now stands completely deserted.
那栋旧楼现在空无一人了。
The streets are deserted at night.
夜里街上寂静无人。
指土地或土壤不肥沃、不长草木的。
No crops can be grown on this barren land.
这片贫瘠的土地无法种植庄稼。
Only a barren hillside can be seen from the top of this building.
从这栋房子的屋顶只能看到一个光秃秃的山坡。
指土地未被人类开发利用过的。
The villagers sold a wild stretch of land.
村民们卖出了一大片荒地。
The wild landscape attracts thousands of tourists.
这片原始风景吸引了数千名游客。
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The formerly [ once] barren land has been changed into stretches of fertile fields.
昔日的荒地今天成了良田。
In the past few years afforesting the barren hills has been very successful.
几年来绿化荒山已卓有成效。
That's probably the most bare, bleak, barren and inhospitable island I've ever seen.
那可能是我见过的最荒凉的岛屿，荒无人烟，寸草不生。
In my barren land you are the final rose.
在我荒瘠的土地上你是最后的玫瑰。
The land here is barren and yields poorly.
这里土地瘠薄，作物产量很低。
Amazing how they have turned a barren hill into an orchard!
想不到他们竟然把一座荒山变成了花果山。