humdrum
英['hʌmdrʌm]
美['hʌmdrʌm]
- adj. 单调的；乏味的
- n. 乏味的谈话；无聊
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详细释义
Noun:
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the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety;
"he had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work"
"he was sick of the humdrum of his fellow prisoners"
"he hated the sameness of the food the college served"
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not challenging; dull and lacking excitement;
"an unglamorous job greasing engines"
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tediously repetitious or lacking in variety;
"a humdrum existence; all work and no play"
"nothing is so monotonous as the sea"
双语例句
- 1. Their lives consist of the humdrum activities of everyday existence.
- 他们的生活由日常生存的平凡活动所构成.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. Imagination raises a man above the humdrum of life.
- 想象使人从单调无聊的生活中解脱出来.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 3. The accountant said it was the most humdrum day that she had ever passed.
- 会计师说这是她所度过的最无聊的一天.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. The new government seemed rather humdrum.
- 新政府看起来平庸无能。
来自辞典例句
- 5. It was a narrow, humdrum place.
- 那是个狭窄 、 枯燥的地方.
来自辞典例句
- After his years of adventure, he could not settle down to a humdrum life.
多年的冒险生涯使他无法安下心来过这种单调的生活。 - The accountant said it was the most humdrum day that she had ever passed.
会计师说这是她所度过的最无聊的一天。 - Imagination raises a man above the humdrum of life.
想象使人从单调无聊的生活中解脱出来。
用作形容词 (adj.)
用作名词 (n.)
相关词汇
- monotonous 单调的
- commonplace 平凡的
- boring 令人厌烦的
- deadly 致命的
- tedious 单调乏味的
- boredom 无聊
- literal 逐字的
- tiresome 令人厌倦的
- practical 明智的
- dull 呆滞的
- routine 例行公事
- unexciting 不令人兴奋的...
- everyday 日常的
- unglamorous 没有魅力的
- sameness 千篇一律
- monotony 单调
- unglamourous 单调的
- prosaic 单调乏味的
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