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单词 starkness
释义
starkness
noun[U]
uk
/ˈstɑːk.nəs/us
/ˈstɑːrk.nəs/
thequalityof beingempty,simple, orclear,especiallywithoutdecorationor anything that is notnecessary:
Despite the starkness of thefurnishings, theroomisquitecomfortable.
Thealternativesare set before us withunusualstarkness.
Synonyms
barrenness
bleakness
desolation(EMPTINESS)
grimness(UGLINESS)
See
stark
More examples
  • Theshophas asimplestarkness about it, withgreyconcretefloor,whitewalls, andgeometricpartitions.
  • Hisproductionhas avisualstarkness thatsuitsthegrimsubjectmatter.
  • Throughout thebooktheauthorcapturesthe starkness oflifeon the highplainsofNorthDakota.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Plain and ordinary
  • as it comesidiom
  • austere
  • austerely
  • austerity
  • average Joe
  • generalized
  • homeliness
  • homely
  • homespun
  • homey
  • rife
  • run-of-the-mill
  • severe
  • severely
  • simple
  • unoriginal
  • unostentatiously
  • unremarkable
  • well trodden
  • workaday
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(Definition ofstarknessfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofstarkness

starkness
This lends the music a certainstarkness.
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Those considerations are likely to appear with increasingstarknessin the coming weeks.
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That system, because of itsstarknessand simplicity, becomes unfair.
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Thestarknessof the position can be demonstrated by individual cases.
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Yet thestarknessof that language is a sign of the situation into which we have now moved.
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Such an appreciation in all itsstarknessis essential to enable us to plan.
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I must be careful about my language; it seems to me that most people do not fully appreciate thestarknessof the position.
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We see now, in all itsstarknessand misery, the absurdity of the decision that was taken last year.
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It is the figures in theirstarknesswhich call for explanation.
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Perhaps there was not sufficient precision orstarknessin my reply about the disadvantaged.
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The other fact that has to be got over in all itsstarknessand in all its implications is the failure in our manufacturing industry.
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The report highlights with frighteningstarknessthe problems of microbiological resistance.
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I was thinking of getting their views and making use of the landowners and farmers, and not just of thestarknessof an agreement.
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We do not realise with sufficientstarknessthe way in which this nuisance of aircraft noise gets hold of people.
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Nothing shows thestarknessof that betrayal more than the rhetoric on lone parents before and after the general election.
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