humdrum
英 ['hʌmdrʌm]
美['hʌmdrʌm]
- adj. 单调的；无聊的
- n. 单调；乏味
- vi. 单调令味地进行
助记提示
1. probably a reduplication of hum.
中文词源
humdrum 乏味的，单调的
hum,嗡嗡叫，-drum,由hum杜撰出来的同韵词。引申义乏味的，单调的。
英英释意
- 1. not challenging; dull and lacking excitement;
- "an unglamorous job greasing engines"
- 2. tediously repetitious or lacking in variety;
- "a humdrum existence; all work and no play"
- "nothing is so monotonous as the sea"
实用场景例句
- a humdrum existence/job/life
- 平淡的生活；乏味的工作 / 生活
牛津词典
- The new government seemed rather humdrum.
- 新政府看起来平庸无能。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...her lawyer husband, trapped in a humdrum but well-paid job...
- 她整天做着单调乏味的工作但收入颇丰的律师丈夫
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He was sick of the humdrum of his fellow prisoners.
- 他讨厌囚犯伙伴们的乏味.
期刊摘选
- It was a narrow, humdrum place.
- 那是个狭窄 、 枯燥的地方.
辞典例句
- 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.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- This time of very humdrum, very boring.
- 这段时间过的很无聊, 非常无聊.
期刊摘选
- She led a humdrum existence — all work and no play.
- 她过着相当单调的生活——只有工作,没有玩乐.
期刊摘选
- The mandate of heaven can be embodied in such humdrum entities as building codes.
- 天意却能在诸如建筑这样的单调的实体间具体表现出来.
期刊摘选
- She was tired of the humdrum life in the countryside and desired to go out.
- 她对乡下单调的生活感到厌倦,渴望走出去.
期刊摘选
- Last but not least, students'creativity tends to repressed due to the humdrum and dull homework.
- 最后, 学生们的创造力在单调乏味的作业压力下受到极大的压抑.
期刊摘选
- Her life is humdrum.
- 她的生活平平淡淡.
期刊摘选
- ENTP ( Extroverted intuiting with thinking ): These are lively people, not humdrum or orderly.
- 外向,凭洞察力思考 ): 这是活泼的一群, 而非单调、固守传统的.
期刊摘选
- Film exhibition was until recently a humdrum business.
- 直到最近,电影展成为一项无聊的业务.
期刊摘选
- Today is a humdrum day. So common and nothing especial to be write.
- 今天过得很平凡, 很一般,没有特别的东西可以写.
期刊摘选
- 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.
期刊摘选
- I wish the two of them could be included in these rather humdrum tapestries.
- 我希望在这些太单调乏味的挂毯中能加进他们两人的肖像.
辞典例句
- They all appeared to be lost in the humdrum and routine of their work.
- 他们好象一个个都被埋在日常单调的工作当中了.
辞典例句
- 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.
《简明英汉词典》
- 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.
《简明英汉词典》
- A year on, their problems seem humdrum, not horrific.
- 一年过去, 它们的问题似乎平淡无奇, 一点也不可怕.
期刊摘选
- But it is in humdrum cases, such as Mr Yusuf's, where no improvement has been seen.
- 但是,在日常的案子中, 这些体制上的进步却没有表现出来, 比如穆萨先生的案子.
期刊摘选
- They might marry, and sink to the humdrum of other old married people.
- 他们可能结婚, 然后陷于像那些老年夫妻一样的平凡.
期刊摘选
- The new government seemed rather humdrum.
- 新政府看起来平庸无能。
辞典例句