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humdrum的英文翻譯是什麼意思,詞典釋義與在線翻譯:
英英釋義
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"
humdrum的用法和樣例:
例句
用作形容詞 (adj.)
- After his years of adventure, he could not settle down to a humdrum life.
多年的冒險生涯使他無法安下心來過這種單調的生活。 - The accountant said it was the most humdrum day that she had ever passed.
會計師說這是她所度過的最無聊的一天。
用作名詞 (n.)
- Imagination raises a man above the humdrum of life.
想象使人從單調無聊的生活中解脫出來。
經典引文
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She was living with some intensity, and escaping humdrum.
出自: George Eliot
humdrum的相關資料:
近反義詞
【近義詞】
- monotonous 單調的
- commonplace 平凡的
- boring 令人厭煩的
- deadly 致命的
- tedious 單調乏味的
- boredom 無聊
- literal 逐字的
- tiresome 令人厭倦的
- practical 明智的
- dull 獃滯的
- routine 例行公事
- unexciting 不令人興奮的...
- everyday 日常的
- unglamorous 沒有魅力的
- sameness 千篇一律
- monotony 單調
- unglamourous 單調的
- prosaic 單調乏味的