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

• 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。
• It was a narrow, humdrum place.
  那是个狭窄、枯燥的地方。
• 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。
• She was glad to be out of the flat, because already she felt that it was a narrow, humdrum place, and that interest and joy lay elsewhere.
  离开公寓到外面走走，使她心情舒畅，因为她已经感到那个家狭隘单调，毫无趣味和欢乐可言。
• Making tomato sauce was humdrum domestic work that did not contribute to my goals and, more important, wasn't scheduled.
  而做番茄酱只是无聊时做的家务，对我的工作没什么帮助；更重要的是这并不在我的计划之内。
• EXAMPLE: 2.Being an accountant was too humdrum for the ambitious young executive, so she quit after less than a year and looked for a more exciting job.
  对这位雄心勃勃的年轻经理人来说，当会计太乏味了，所以不到一年她就辞职，去寻找一份更让人兴奋的工作。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Humdrum office life was briefly interrupted with a little drama.
  单调的办公室生活被一场小小的剧目短暂打断了。