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

• When you've spent half your political life dealing with humdrum issues like the environment, it's exciting to have a real crisis on your hands.
  如果你用了一半的政治生命来处理像环境这类无聊问题，那么手头上有了一件真正的危机是令人兴奋的。
• Your last video was quite humdrum as compared to this one.
  你的影视相比这个都还要逊色。
• 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。
• It was a narrow, humdrum place.
  那是个狭窄、枯燥的地方。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She led a humdrum existence-all work and no play.
  她过着相当单调的生活&只有工作，没有玩乐。
• 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。
• 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。