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

• 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。
• 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。
• After all, take a more familiar humdrum example.
  举个更熟悉的乏味的例子。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Smoking is nothing but to spend humdrum time.
  抽烟不过是为了打发无聊的时光。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。