monotony

英 [məˈnɒtəni]

美 [məˈnɑːtəni]

n.  单调乏味; 千篇一律

复数：monotonies　

GRETEM8

BNC.15284 / COCA.19859

牛津词典

noun

• 单调乏味；千篇一律
  boring lack of variety
  1. She watches television to relieve the monotony of everyday life.
     她天天靠看电视来解闷儿。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 单调乏味;无变化;一成不变
  Themonotonyof something is the fact that it never changes and is boring.
  1. A night on the town may help to break the monotony of the week.
     进城住一晚或许有助于消除一周生活的单调。
  2. ...a life of secure monotony.
     单调乏味的安稳生活

英英释义

noun

• constancy of tone or pitch or inflection
• 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:humdrumsameness

双语例句

• When heaven sends bounty, it too often sends monotony.
  当上天慷慨恩赐时，它常常也会带来单调。
• This is a good way to develop new interests, and friends and to break up the monotony of everyday life.
  休息一下，对发展新的兴趣，结交朋友和打破每天的单调生活很有好处，这是个不错的方法。
• The rooms are admirably cool and shady after the hot brown monotony of the countryside.
  在乡间经受过持续的暴晒后，房间里显得特别阴凉宜人。
• The interval parameter perturbation method and the interval parameter back analysis method are studied, and the interval parameter monotony back analysis method is presented.
  研究了区间参数摄动法和区间参数优化反分析法，提出了区间参数单调性优化反分析法。
• Monotony is a reason for some road accidents.
  单调是造成某些交通事故的原因。
• We have to accept the monotony of work on the assembly line.
  我们不得不忍受装配线工作的单调。
• They broke up the monotony of the days.
  他们突破了日复一日的单调格局。
• At present, the monotony and limitation of the major affairs of accountant office restrict its development.
  目前我国会计师事务所主要从事审计业务，业务的单一性和局限性制约了事务所的发展。
• I work with monotony.
  我工作很单调。
• A night on the town may help to break the monotony of the week.
  进城住一晚或许有助于消除一周生活的单调。