1·He wants to use the water to irrigate barren desert land.
他想用该水来灌溉贫瘠的沙漠土地。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·That's probably the most bare, bleak, barren and inhospitable island I've ever seen.
那可能是我见过的最光秃、最荒凉、最贫瘠和最不适合居住的岛屿。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3·First to colonize the barren land are the lowly lichens, surviving on bare rock.
贫瘠的土地上首先长满了地衣这种低等植物，它们在裸露的岩石上生存。
4·But only those few spores that settle down in very favorable locations can start a new life; the vast majority fall on barren ground.
但只有那些降落在非常有利位置的孢子才能开始新的生活；绝大多数的孢子降落在贫瘠的土地上。
5·The surface the satellite sees might be barren desert, the top of a building, or the leaves of trees.
而卫星所观测到的地表可能是贫瘠的沙漠，也可能是建筑物顶层，或者是树叶。