stark
stark 英 [stɑ:k] 美 [stɑrk]
adj. 完全的;荒凉的;刻板的;光秃秃的;朴实的 adv. 完全;明显地;突出地;质朴地
- Stark means "complete or extreme," like the stark contrast between your music taste — punk and weird metal — and your mom's, with all her 1950's doo-wop favorites.
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- adj. 完全的;荒凉的;刻板的;光秃秃的;朴实的
- adv. 完全;明显地;突出地;质朴地
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1. The way that Muslims are both integrated in and contribute to American life, in our counterparts in Europe I think is a stark example for this.-Right.
穆斯林既融入到了美国生活中,又为美国生活做出了贡献,这都好于欧洲一些国家,我认为这就是一个明显的例子-是的。
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2. He said news of the prize took him by surprise. "I took the call stark naked as I was about to step into the shower," he told a news conference at Princeton on Monday afternoon.
得知自己荣膺诺贝尔奖的消息后,他表示喜出望外:"我接电话时完全光着身子,正准备去洗澡",他周一下午在普林斯顿举行的新闻发布会上如是说.
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3. But some Democrats say that in a country with stark disparities between blacks and whites in measures of health, education and income, race could undermine support for Obama.
但部分民主党人表示,在黑人和白人在医疗、教育和收入差别明显的美国,种族因素可能会削弱对奥巴马的支持率。
- stark (adj.) Old English stearc "stiff, strong, rigid, obstinate; stern, severe, hard; harsh, rough, violent," from Proto-Germanic *starkaz (source also of Old Norse sterkr, Danish, Old Frisian sterk, Middle Dutch starc, Old High German starah, German stark, Gothic *starks), from PIE root *ster- (1) "stiff." From the same root as stern (adj.).
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