humdrum

英 [ˈhʌmdrʌm]

美 [ˈhʌmdrʌm]

adj.  乏味的; 单调的

IELTSGRETEM8

BNC.19982 / COCA.25248

牛津词典

adj.

• 乏味的；单调的
  boring and always the same
  1. a humdrum existence/job/life
     平淡的生活；乏味的工作 / 生活

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 平凡的;单调乏味的;令人厌烦的
  If you describe someone or something ashumdrum, you mean that they are ordinary, dull, or boring.
  1. ...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
  2. The new government seemed rather humdrum.
     新政府看起来平庸无能。

英英释义

noun

• the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety
  1. he had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work
  2. he was sick of the humdrum of his fellow prisoners
  3. he hated the sameness of the food the college served
  Synonym:monotonysameness

adj

• tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
  1. a humdrum existenc
  2. nothing is so monotonous as the sea
  Synonym:monotonous
• not challenging
  1. an unglamorous job greasing engines
  Synonym:commonplaceprosaicunglamorousunglamourous

双语例句

• 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。
• Smoking is nothing but to spend humdrum time.
  抽烟不过是为了打发无聊的时光。
• I can't imagine the aridity and humdrum of people's lives.
  难以想象的生活之干涩和寂寥。
• She let a ray of originality into his humdrum life.
  她把独创性的光芒引进了他的平庸生活之中。
• Digital technology has been part of everyday life for many years now, so logically there's a whole generation of individuals for whom concepts such as the Internet and wireless technology are just humdrum, because they've never lived in a world where they didn't exist.
  数字技术成为我们日常生活的一部分已经好多年了，所以从逻辑上来讲，我们周围有一代人从出生就已经习惯有互联网和无线技术的陪伴，对他们来说，这些数字技术丝毫不稀奇。
• Growth and recovery were in fact both driven by humdrum export industries, an area of business generally shunned by the tycoons because it involves international competition.
  事实上，上述经济增长和复苏都是由平凡的出口行业推动的，这是一个而大亨们普遍回避的领域，因为它牵涉到国际竞争。
• The UK's three most popular soaps focus not on the beautiful or the damned, but on normal folk engaged in humdrum tasks like buying cheese, arguing about pottery or tending to their farms.
  英国三部最受欢迎的肥皂剧关注的不是美好或丑恶，而是忙于单调任务的普通人。他们购买奶酪，争论陶器制造工艺，或者关注自己的农场。
• A humdrum existence; all work and no play; nothing is so monotonous as the sea.
  单调的生活；全是工作，没有娱乐；没有什么像在海上一样单调。
• They basically primp and pose through the same humdrum motions they did before.
  他们基本就跟之前一样打扮一下，拗拗造型，做做简单动作和脸部表情罢了。
• But low-skilled and humdrum jobs, particularly in manufacturing, have gone overseas, or fallen victim to automation.
  但低技能和单调工作，尤其是制造业岗位不是流失到海外，就是变成自动化的牺牲品。