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

• Smoking is nothing but to spend humdrum time.
  抽烟不过是为了打发无聊的时光。
• This vignette is all too familiar to many software developers – even humdrum – but from the overall team perspective, there are several interesting things happening here.
  这个小插曲对于许多软件开发人员来说实在太熟悉不过了甚至有点单调但是从整个团队的角度看，其中发生了几件非常有趣的事情。
• Most men devote themselves to rather humdrum things: family weekends, holidays at the seaside.
  大多数男人热衷于一些单调乏味的活动：与家人一起过周末，在海边度假。
• The new government seemed rather humdrum.
  新政府看起来平庸无能。
• 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。
• 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。
• It was a narrow, humdrum place.
  那是个狭窄、枯燥的地方。
• 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。
• But low-skilled and humdrum jobs, particularly in manufacturing, have gone overseas, or fallen victim to automation.
  但低技能和单调工作，尤其是制造业岗位不是流失到海外，就是变成自动化的牺牲品。
• 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。