詞彙精選：bare的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
adj.
赤裸的，不穿衣服的
例句：
She turned her back to the wind and the flap of her dress flew up to reveal a bare white thigh.
她一扭腰，轉身揹着風，讓風把她的旗袍下幅吹得高高地，露出一雙赤裸裸的白腿。
例句：
She had bare arms and a bare neck.
她的胳臂和脖子都露在外面。
沒有葉子的，寸草不生的，光禿禿的
例句：
What had once been a gentle hill covered with lush grass turned into a brown obscenity of bare earth and smoke.
以前曾是草木茂盛的小山丘，已經成爲一片光禿禿的土地和煙霧，一片令人厭惡的土地了。
例句：
That's probably the most bare, bleak, barren and inhospitable island I've ever seen.
那可能是我見過的最荒涼的島嶼，荒無人煙，寸草不生。
無遮蓋的，未加裝飾的，空的
例句：
The wall lay any which way between the bare yard and the broken sidewalk.
那牆彎彎曲曲地立在空院與破爛的人行道之間。
例句：
The table was bare, the candles unlighted.
桌子上是空的，蠟燭也沒點。
最基本的，最重要的
例句：
Newspaper reporters were given nothing but the bare facts by the Superintendent in charge of the investigation.
報社的記者們從負責這起調查的督察那裏得到的只是一些最基本的情況。
例句：
These are the bare essentials you'll need to dress your baby during the first few months.
這些是你的寶寶在頭幾個月裏要穿的基本衣物。
最少的，最低限度的，勉強的
例句：
The army would try to hold the western desert with a bare minimum of forces.
軍隊會用盡可能少的兵力扼守西部的沙漠。
例句：
Most Europeans will do the bare minimum.
大多數歐洲人連最低限度都做不到。
僅有的
例句：
Sales are growing for premium wines, but at a bare 2 percent a year.
高檔酒的銷量正在增長，但年增長率只有2％。
v.
使暴露，露出，揭開 [T]
例句：
Walsh bared his teeth in a grin.
沃爾什一笑露出了牙齒。
例句：
He bared his muscular, hairy chest for a women's magazine.
他爲一本女性雜誌秀出了他那肌肉發達、毛髮濃密的性感胸部。
使赤裸，脫 [T]
例句：
Bare your head when the flag is raised.
升旗時要脫帽致敬。
例句：
Wordlessly I bared my back and he lashed me with a strap.
我二話沒說脫掉上衣，他用皮帶抽打我的背。
二、詞義辨析：
bare,naked,bald,barren
這些形容詞都含“裸露的”之意。 bare指缺少必要的遮蓋物。用於人時，多指身體的部分裸露。naked指全身一絲不掛，暴露無遺。bald指頭上無發，山坡無樹無草，樹頂無葉。barren着重缺少肥力或生活能力，無草無木，荒瘠不毛。
三、相關短語：
bare bones
n.梗概,本質,不加渲染的
四、參考例句：
She had bare arms and a bare neck.
她的胳臂和脖子都露在外面。
The child was bare to the waist.
那孩子打赤膊。
The hotel room was bare and uninviting.
這個旅館房間光禿禿的,很不好看。
The room was bare and empty.
房間空蕩蕩的。
The top of the hill was bare.
小山頂上光禿禿的。
Most Europeans will do the bare minimum.
大多數歐洲人連最低限度都做不到。
The room was bare and empty.
房間空蕩蕩的。
The room is bare of furniture.
這間房裏傢俱很少。
The mountaintops were bare of any vegetation.
那些山頂上光禿而無任何植物。
I remained alone in the bare carriage.
我獨自坐在空車廂裏。
