The room was austere, nearly barren of furniture or decoration.

这个房间很简朴，几乎没有什么家具或装饰。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

When lofty trees I see barren of leaves.

当我看见参天的树枝叶尽脱。

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When someone is in "desert of experience" - a period of feeling barren of options, even hope, the most important thing is not to allow himself to be stranded in the desert.

当一个人处于“经历中的沙漠”——一段感到毫无出路、甚至毫无希望的时期，最重要的是不要让自己陷入荒漠之中无法自拔。

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"Waziristan is full of narrow valleys and barren mountains and it's a God-given country for any guerilla to fight in,".

VOA: standard.2009.06.18

Now,small trees dot the once barren schoolyard of a village elementary school, along with special trash cans for biodegradable waste.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

In bad times, the desert turns into a barren wasteland, challenging the survival skills of even the hardiest of people and their animals.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06

Before Levinton had planted thousands of oysters in steel cages in these waters last summer, they had long been barren of those same creatures that a hundred years ago almost entirely paved the bay and its creeks.

FORBES: Oysters Are Back In New York City Waters

For example, multiple pipelines could go on one right of way, or wind turbines might go on land already barren because of old coal mining.

NPR: Northeast Drilling Boom Threatens Forest Wildlife

For example, multiple pipelines could be placed on one right of way, or wind turbines might go on land that is already barren because of old coal mining.

WSJ: Northeast drilling boom threatens forest wildlife