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TOEFL BNC: 9882 COCA: 9354

sterile

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Related topics: Birth
ster·ile /ˈsteraɪl $ -rəl/ adjectiveadj  
1  MBBABY/HAVE A BABYa person or animal that is sterile cannot produce babies 不能生育的，不育的 SYN infertile OPP fertile
make/render/leave somebody sterile
 Radiotherapy has left her permanently sterile.
放射疗法造成她终身不育。
2  CLEANcompletely clean and not containing any bacteria that might cause infection 无菌的，消过毒的
sterile equipment/water/bandages etc
 Rinse the eye with sterile water.
用消过毒的水冲洗眼睛。
► see thesaurus at clean
3  BORINGlacking new ideas, interest, or imagination 刻板的，缺乏新意[想象力]的 OPP productive
sterile argument/debate etc
 the increasingly sterile debate on political reform
有关政治改革的越来越俗套的辩论
4  a sterile building, room etc is not interesting or attractive and is often very plain 〔建筑、房间等〕呆板的，乏味的
 The classrooms are sterile, with no artwork on the walls.
这些教室毫无生气，墙上一张画都没有。
5. TAsterile land cannot be used to grow crops 〔土地〕贫瘠的，不能种庄稼的 SYN barren
—sterility /stəˈrɪləti/ noun [uncountableU]
Examples from the Corpus
sterile• This does not, however, render the question of social origins of state personnel, such as bureaucrats, sterile.• Some women who used the birth control device became sterile.• Susan thought that her illness had made her sterile.• Red Cross officials say they are running short of disinfectant and sterile bandages.• The floors of old-growth forests tend to be fairly sterile because overhead canopies of leaves prevent light from reaching the ground.• There are even sterile controls for the piped music.• During the sterile Eighties, we overdosed on design and killed freedom of expression.• a sterile laboratory• a sterile, meaningless relationship• They are native to dry and sterile regions.• a group of sterile skyscrapers• It lost to a politicized plan, which resulted in the sterile towers and hidden plazas that now mark Bunker Hill.• Giving blood is perfectly safe. All equipment is sterile, used once and thrown away.• In a sterile world casein would be nearly an ideal glue.
sterile equipment/water/bandages etc• Aseptic techniques require sterile equipment. 8.
sterile argument/debate etc• One can debate whether gatherings after Constantinople or after Trent have been ecumenical, but it is a sterile argument.• Legal theory has long been bedevilled by a sterile debate between positivists and natural lawyers.• This threatens to become a sterile debate, but there are ways to make progress.• Roy Hattersley's simultaneous resignation as deputy leader also opens up the increasingly sterile debate on constitutional reform.
Origin sterile
(1400-1500) Latin sterilis
ster·ile adjectiveadj
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TOEFL BNC: 9882 COCA: 9354
sterile

adjective¹

 1completely clean完全乾淨VERBS | ADVERB | PHRASES VERBS➤be無菌▸➤remain保持無菌▸➤make sth使⋯無菌▸➤keep sth使⋯保持無菌◇This top fits over the bottle and keeps the teat sterile.這個蓋子嚴實地蓋在奶瓶上，保持奶嘴潔淨。ADVERB➤completely完全無菌PHRASES➤under sterile conditions在無菌條件下◇The experiment was performed under sterile conditions.該實驗是在無菌條件下完成的。
sterile

adjective²

 2not able to produce young animals/babies不能繁殖；無生育能力VERBS➤be不育▸➤become變得不育▸➤remain依然不育▸➤leave sb, make sb, render sb致使某人不育
sterile

adjective³

 3with no interest or life無趣；無生機VERBS | ADVERB VERBS➤be毫無生氣▸➤become變得無趣◇Their relationship had become sterile over the years.隨着歲月的流逝，他們的關係也變得了無生氣。ADVERB➤very毫無生氣▸➤increasingly愈發乏味◇the increasingly sterile debate on constitutional reform越來越乏味的憲法改革爭論➤largely多半毫無生氣▸➤rather相當乏味
TOEFL BNC: 9882 COCA: 9354
sterile adj.
⇨ clean
TOEFL BNC: 9882 COCA: 9354
sterile
Clean: clean, sterile, immaculate...
The ability or inability to have or make a baby: barren, be firing/shooting blanks, childless...
Not interesting or exciting: boring, dull, tedious...
Making you feel uncomfortable: uncomfortable, tight, unsettling...
Words used to describe discussions and debates: heated, lively, on everyone's lips...
Soil fertility and fertilization: compost, compost, desertification...
The quality of being boring or dull: tedium, dullness, anonymity...

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