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

• 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。
• Digital technology has been part of everyday life for many years now, so logically there's a whole generation of individuals for whom concepts such as the Internet and wireless technology are just humdrum, because they've never lived in a world where they didn't exist.
  数字技术成为我们日常生活的一部分已经好多年了，所以从逻辑上来讲，我们周围有一代人从出生就已经习惯有互联网和无线技术的陪伴，对他们来说，这些数字技术丝毫不稀奇。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Growth and recovery were in fact both driven by humdrum export industries, an area of business generally shunned by the tycoons because it involves international competition.
  事实上，上述经济增长和复苏都是由平凡的出口行业推动的，这是一个而大亨们普遍回避的领域，因为它牵涉到国际竞争。
• 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 is both a sobering and exciting thought, whether you are now sitting on a holiday beach, in a humdrum office or anywhere else in the world.
  不论你现在是坐在假日海滩边，还是坐在乏味的办公室里，或是在世界其他任何地方，这都是一个既发人深省又令人兴奋的想法。
• 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。
• The new government seemed rather humdrum.
  新政府看起来平庸无能。