1·The starkness of their living conditions shocked him.
仍有许多人的生活条件是很艰苦的。
2·Painterly and evocative of wind and cold, beauty of the starkness of the buildings' perseverance.
如画般的，引人共鸣和遐想的风和寒冷。建筑所饱含的令人惊异的美。