arid是什么意思,arid怎么用

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📰 外刊例句

A scorching, arid future marked by a fierce, bloody struggle for a few drops of water is a standard theme of dystopian fiction and film-making. 未来,人们将在酷热、干旱的气候里为了几滴水展开激烈、血腥的争斗——这是反乌托邦小说和电影的标准题材。

—— 《经济学人》

—— 《纽约时报》


📖 基本释义

[adjective] (of land or a climate) having little or no rain; too dry or barren to support vegetation
[形容词] (指土地或气候)很少或没有降雨的;过于干燥或贫瘠而无法支撑植被的


💡 深入解读

Arid 是一个与常见单词acrid(辛辣的、难闻的、刺激的)以及avid形似且容易混淆的单词。该词于17世纪中期经法语aride(干燥的、干旱的)或者直接由拉丁语aridus(干燥的、干旱的、焦干的)进入英语,也是用来表示土地或气候“干燥的、干旱的、不毛的”,常意味着缺乏或匮乏水分,因而极度干燥或贫瘠以至于无法支撑植被,多用来形容荒地或沙漠之地,

比如:

new strains of crops that can withstand arid conditions能抵抗干旱条件的新品种作物

The desert is so arid that nothing can grow there.沙漠中极其干旱,寸草不生。

I found his new farce extremely arid.从干燥贫瘠的概念出发, arid 多用来引申指“枯燥的、乏味的、无生气的、无创见的、无新意的”,常作正式用语使用,强调缺乏或没有兴趣、新鲜感、价值或意义,从而使人丧失热情或希望,比如:我觉得他的新滑稽剧毫无新意。

The affable woman had given him the only joy his arid life had ever known.那个和蔼可亲的女人为他枯燥无味的生活带来了从未有过的乐趣。

After several arid years, the insurance behemoth has returned to normal.而从寸草不生的概念出发, arid 还可以进一步用来喻指“不成功的、无结果的”,比如:经过了几个不景气的年头后,这家保险巨头已恢复正常。


📚 名著用例

Tell her what Heathcliff is: an unreclaimed creature, without refinement, without cultivation; an arid wilderness of furze and whinstone. 告诉她希刺克厉夫是什么样的人:一个没驯服的人,不懂文雅,没有教养,一片长着金雀花和岩石的荒野。

— 出自《英国女作家艾米莉·勃朗特(Emily Brontë)的长篇小说《呼啸山庄》( Wuthering Heights )。》


🔍 同近义词

  • parched: dried out with heat
  • desolate: (of a place) deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness
  • infertile: (of land) unable to sustain crops or vegetation
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