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

• She goes about this methodically, stacking up a series of detailed case studies to show how the humdrum activity of running a business does a lot of economic good.
  她的阐述有条不紊，罗列出一系列详细的案例研究，表明经营一家企业的单调活动是如何带来很多经济益处的。
• The new government seemed rather humdrum.
  新政府看起来平庸无能。
• Their life consist of the humdrum activity of everyday existence.
  他们的生活由日常生存的平凡活动所构成。
• They are craving a change of pace in their humdrum life.
  他们渴望改变一下他们的单词的生活步调。
• Though you have enough sleep, you will feel sleepy when you are humdrum.
  即使睡眠充足，无聊仍会引起睡意。
• 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。
• Smoking is nothing but to spend humdrum time.
  抽烟不过是为了打发无聊的时光。
• 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。
• 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。
• But in the ordinary humdrum case, here I am, my body.
  但在最平常的情况下，我就是我的身体。