unglamorous

英 [ʌnˈɡlæmərəs]

美 [ʌnˈɡlæmərəs]

adj.  无魅力的; 不刺激的; 枯燥的

BNC.33308 / COCA.25480

牛津词典

adj.

• 无魅力的；不刺激的；枯燥的
  not attractive or exciting; dull
  1. an unglamorous job
     乏味的工作

英英释义

adj

• not challenging
  1. an unglamorous job greasing engines
  Synonym:commonplacehumdrumprosaicunglamourous

双语例句

• And unglamorous suburbs like Fangshan and Tongzhou will be designated as 'hubs' for specific industries, like petrochemicals and 'cultural industries,' respectively.
  房山和通州等不太繁荣的郊区将被定为特定行业的中心，比如房山和通州将分别被规划为石油化工和文化产业中心。
• Their work is hard and unglamorous, and most people would find it boring.
  他们的工作又累又平淡，多数人会认为很乏味。
• Looking back at my first job, even when I was asked to do something seemingly menial, unglamorous, or very difficult, I always went all in.
  回顾我的第一份工作，即便我被要求去做一些看似很卑微、单调或者非常困难的事情时，我也会全力以赴。
• Bruce's office is a corner one, utilitarian and unglamorous.
  布鲁斯的办公室在角落里，实用而普通。
• What these companies also have in common are unglamorous surroundings.
  这些面包店的共同点是周边环境很单调。
• But fundamentally, it performs an unglamorous function in a utilitarian way.
  但是基本上，它还是功利性地扮演一个没有趣味的功能角色。
• Even in the exciting, leading-edge world of innovation, unglamorous management basics matter.
  即便在一个激动人心且技术领先的创新世界里，单调的管理学基本原则仍然发挥着重要作用。
• Unglamorous, usually unexciting and normally invisible, the world's financial plumbing is gummed up.
  毫不张扬地，通常是悄无声息地，全球金融流通管道堵塞了。
• For their roles in Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Burton and Taylor for the first time in their careers dared to appear as unglamorous, disheveled and overweight characters.
  在《谁害怕沃基尼娅·伍尔夫》一片中，泰勒和伯顿首次饰演外形不好看又发福的角色。
• But the government is still too fond of its grandiose projects and too slow to get unglamorous things right.
  但政府还是太热衷于它的宏伟事业，纠正那些错误的事情的速度太过缓慢。