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单词 stark
释义
stark
adjective
uk
/stɑːk/us
/stɑːrk/
empty,simple, orobvious,especiallywithoutdecorationor anything that is notnecessary:
裸露的；简单的；明显的；（尤指）毫无修饰的，粗陋的；严重的；极端的
It was a starkroomwith abedandchairas the onlyfurniture.这个房间很简陋，仅有的家具就是一张床和一把椅子。
The starkrealityis that we areoperatingat ahugeloss.严酷的事实是我们的经营亏损非常严重。
In thesuburbsthespacioushousesstandin stark(=extreme)contrastto theslumsof the city'spoor.郊区宽敞的大房子和城里的贫民窟形成了鲜明的对比。
Synonyms
austere
plain(WITH NOTHING ADDED)
severe(PLAIN)oftendisapproving
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Apparent and obvious
  • (from) underyournoseidiom
  • apparent
  • be (as) plain as the nose onyourfaceidiom
  • be (right) underyournoseidiom
  • be etchedsomewhereidiom
  • be writ largeidiom
  • foregone conclusion
  • glaring
  • glaringly
  • I need hardlydo somethingidiom
  • in plain sightidiom
  • obtrude
  • overt
  • overtly
  • palpable
  • palpably
  • parallax
  • squeaky
  • stand/stick out a mileidiom
  • writ
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starkness
stark
adverb
uk
/stɑːk/us
/stɑːrk/
completelyorextremely:
完全地；极端地
Thechildrenweresplashingin theriver, starknaked.孩子们一丝不挂地在河里嬉水。
If I didn'texercise, IthinkI'd goravingmad(UKalsostarkstaringmad) fromsittingat adeskallday.如果不做运动的话，我想整天坐在办公桌面前会让我完全发疯的。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Linguistics: very & extreme
  • abjectly
  • abundantly
  • beyond
  • biblical
  • blankly
  • completely
  • desperately
  • extreme
  • highly
  • positive
  • rank
  • raving
  • smack
  • spectacularly
  • such
  • terrible
  • terribly
  • unutterably
  • veritably
  • wonderfully
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(Definition ofstarkfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

stark| American Dictionary

stark
adjective[-er/-est only]
us
/stɑrk/
emptyor withoutdecoration:
starkwhitewalls
Stark alsomeanscompletelyclear:
Thedimhallsmade a starkcontrastwith thebright,sun-drenchedapartment.
stark naked
Someone who is starknakedis notwearinganyclothes.
(Definition ofstarkfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofstark

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Recent scholars disagree markedly over this, however, though a brief summary risks making these differences seem starker than they really are.
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In starkest contrast is the 5th extract which follows it.
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The starkest illustration of this point is the current competition within a pool of western countries to attract physicians and nurses.
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Perhaps we can make a start by way of the work's starkest contrast, between the last two scenes.
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Perhaps the starkest evidence for the force of inspection comes in the increasing standardization of office operations.
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The starkest examples in this study came from observation of specialist teams working with the homeless and refugees.
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Nevertheless, even the starkest normativist cannot ignore altogether the phenomena his norms are supposed to regulate and explain.
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Perhaps the contrast cannot be presented starker than through the following example.
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The differences between the educational groups are even starker.
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Differences are verystarkas well as in relation to accountability.
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In his attempt to discredit ancient and modern democracy and to elevate an aristocratic culture he presents us with astarkeither/or logic.
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Besides, thestarkreality is that if the meal is not prepared, the patient will not be sustained and may even die.
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There were occasionally photographs of burnt remains, but even these sat instarkcontrast to the images of terror-in-progress that dominated the broadly western coverage.
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The result is that in perhaps, toostarkcontrast to the approaches above, they entirely ignore the interests and power of commercial institutions.
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Instarkcontrast, only 4 (11%) of the control children showed this bias.
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