starkness

adj.严酷的；荒凉的；光秃秃的；鲜明的

adv.完全；实在；简直

He now faces the stark reality of life in prison. 他现在要面对狱中生活的严酷现实了。

Those afflicted with the stark problem of how to keep on living. 受维持生计的严酷问题困扰的那些人们。

The landscape was grey and stark. 景色灰暗荒凉。

The tree has only stark branches. 这棵树只剩下光秃秃的树枝。

The contrast is stark in terms of socializing. 就社会交往而言，两者对比十分鲜明。

The two brothers are in stark contrast. 兄弟俩形成鲜明的对比。

The good weather was in stark contrast to the storms of previous weeks. 这时的好天气和前几个星期的暴风雨形成鲜明的对比。

The fool is talking stark nonsense. 这傻瓜完全是在胡扯。

She seemed to have gone stark raving mad. 她好像是完全疯了。

The little girl was almost stark with cold. 小女孩简直是冻僵了。