1. Moving through the thick woods was in anticipatory contrast to the great gap of the valley and the starkness of the treeless granite boulder.
适才穿越身后浓密的森林，和眼前峡谷的巨大沟壑，以及草木不生耸然而立的花岗岩巨石，果然形成了鲜明的对比。
2. In times of loss and mental breakdown, the starkness of this aloneness is all too clear.
在有所失去和精神崩溃的时候，这一纯然的孤独只是太清楚。
noun
1. an extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation
e.g. I was struck by the starkness of my father's room
Synonym: bareness
2. the quality of being complete or utter or extreme
e.g. the starkness of his contrast between justice and fairness was open to many objections
Synonym: absoluteness utterness