starkness n. 严厉;质朴无华;严酷;明显(stark的名词形式)
- n [U]: The starkness of their living conditions shocked him.
他们的生活条件一无所有, 他感到十分震惊. - The starkness of the Absolute I had visited now made life and motion appear as beauty to me.
但我们不必假定它就是从那儿流传出来的。 - The iconic starkness of the forces that met on the beaches of Normandy makes that temptation all the greater.
在诺曼底海滩上交锋的两股势力象征着壁垒分明的善恶对峙,这就更诱人想做这种联想。
starkness[ noun ]- the quality of being complete or utter or extreme
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the starkness of his contrast between justice and fairness was open to many objections
- an extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation
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I was struck by the starkness of my father's room
Starkness \Stark"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being stark.