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小词详解 | stark
That is in stark contrast to the frenetic activity directly below him.
那与他脚下热火朝天之势形成了鲜明对比。
——《经济学人》The stark numbers make clear how monumental the challenge of getting the global economy back on its feet will be.
严峻的数字表明,让全球经济重新站起来将面临多么艰巨的挑战。
——《纽约时报》
[形容词] 完全的;十足的
孩子们极端恐惧地看着那个代孕妈妈用枕头把婴儿闷死了。
The children watched in stark terror as the surrogate mother smothered the baby with a pillow.孩子们一丝不挂地戏水去了。
The children have gone wading, stark naked.
在冬日的天空下,这些小山了无生气。但在夏天它们绿树满坡,像是披了件毛皮外衣。
The hills stood stark against the winter sky. But they looked furry with trees in summer.这个房间很简陋,仅有的家具就是一张床和一把椅子。就在那时,最后几束余晖透过崭新的窗户斜射进来。
It was a stark room with a bed and chair as the only furniture. Then, right on cue, through the pristine window came the last few oblique rays of evening sunshine.
这时的晴朗天气和前几个星期的暴风雨形成鲜明的对比。
The fair weather was in stark contrast to the storms of previous weeks.严酷的事实是我们的经营亏损惨重。
The stark reality is that we are operating at a hefty loss.
The emperor was actually stark naked but none of his subjects dared say so.
故事中的国王其实浑身一丝不挂,但他的臣民却没有人敢说出真相。
sheer: nothing other than; unmitigated (used for emphasis) utter: complete; absolute downright: (of something bad or unpleasant) utter; complete (used for emphasis)