humdrum

英 ['hʌmdrʌm] 美 ['hʌmdrʌm]

• adj. 单调的；乏味的
• n. 乏味的谈话；无聊

英英释义

Noun:

1. 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"
   

Adjective:

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"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. 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。
2. 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。

用作名词 (n.)

1. 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。

经典引文

• She was living with some intensity, and escaping humdrum.

  出自： George Eliot

近反义词

【近义词】

• 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