dreary

adj.

1. 令人沮丧的；沉闷的；枯燥无味的
   that makes you feel sad; dull and not interesting
   1. a dreary winter's day
      阴沉的冬日
   2. a dreary film
      枯燥无味的影片
   3. a long and dreary journey on the train
      火车上漫长而乏味的旅程

1. ADJ-GRADED 沉闷的;枯燥无味的;令人沮丧的
   If you describe something as dreary, you mean that it is dull and depressing.
   1. ...a dreary little town in the Midwest...
      位于中西部的沉闷的小镇
   2. They live such dreary lives.
      他们的生活如此乏味！

1. They live such dreary lives.
   他们的生活如此乏味！
2. So a dreary Monday afternoon in Walthamstow is nothing to write home about, right?
   这么说，在沃尔瑟姆斯托度过的一个沉闷的周一下午没什么值得大书特书的，是吗？
3. It is a dreary little town where few would choose to linger.
   这是个沉闷的小镇，没几个人会愿意在此流连。
4. It was a dreary and hazy night.
   夜色凄迷。
5. I hate these dry dreary days.
   我讨厌干燥沉闷的天气。
6. What an insipid and dreary scene! I opened the lunch-box only ④ to have it covered up again.
   一种淡白无味的凄凉的情趣&我把饭匣打开，又闭上了。
7. When the dreary change was wrought, she extended her hand to Pearl.
   这一阴郁的变化完成之后，她向珠儿伸出了手。
8. Its splendid gates had opened, admitting her from a cold, dreary outside.
   禁城那些辉煌的大门都敞开了，请她从寒冷的凄凉的外面进到了里面。
9. I should not like to think that the his the rooms upstairs were quite empty and dreary, aunt.
   弗洛伦斯说，我不愿意想到楼上的那个&他的房间空空荡荡，十分凄凉，姑妈。
10. While she sat weeping, it grew late, and dreary midnight tolled out from the steeples.
    当她坐在那里哭泣时，时间渐渐晚了，从教堂尖塔那里传来了凄凉的午夜的钟声。
11. I found myself being drawn into another dreary argument.
    我发现自己被拉进了又一场烦心的争论中。
12. New York City was too dreary.
    纽约市太单调了。
13. Oh, it was Heaven after the last dreary year!
    啊，经历了过去一年的暗淡日子，这里就是天堂了！
14. As she walked down Washington street, the landscape was as dreary as her own heart.
    她沿着华盛顿大街走去，此时周围的景色同她自己的心情一样地阴沉。
15. He offered me a game of chess and I spent a dreary hour in achieving a draw.
    他要我跟他下一盘棋，我花了一个小时下成了平局，好不沉闷。
16. Bonfires and sacrifices guaranteed that the sun would burn brightly after a long, dreary winter.
    篝火和祭品可以保证太阳在漫长而沉闷的寒冬后会更明亮。
17. How life will be changed, how dreary the world will be, when papa and you are dead.
    等到爸爸和你都死了，生活将要有怎样的改变，世界将变得多么凄凉啊。
18. Instead he paints a sympathetic portrait of a tough, dreary world from which the only escape is drink.
    与此相反，他画了引人同情的一张画，在艰难而沉闷的世界里，酒成了唯一的逃避。
19. They have not a dreary commitment to mean ambitions or love of comfort.
    他们不沉溺于可鄙的追名逐利和对舒适的迷恋。
20. A dreary rain was falling as Celia's taxi stopped at a dingy six-storey building on Thirty-seventh street.
    令人沉闷的细雨中，西莉亚坐的出租车在第五十七号街的一座破旧和肮脏的六层楼前停住了。
21. She had had a dreary day of it herself.
    她自己已经为此生了一天的闷气。
22. Such a sight makes him feel dreary and sorrowful.
    这使他感到凄凉、悲裒。
23. She had spent a dreary day in the office sorting out the accounts.
    她在办公室整理帐务，度过了沉闷的一天。
24. Everything outside was dark and dreary.
    车外一片黑暗和凄凉。
25. A feeling of dreary or pessimistic sadness. Empathy. You know the subject's surface emotions.
    沉闷的、悲观的悲伤情绪。感受情绪：你得知受术者的表层情绪。
26. It was a dreary story, but a beautiful day now.
    一个凄婉的故事造就了一个美丽的日子。
27. She was tired of hearing the same dreary tale of drunkenness and violence.
    她听够了那些关于酗酒和暴力的乏味故事。
28. Everywhere looked so grey and dreary in the rain.
    在雨中，到处都是灰色的，沉闷的。
29. Addressing envelopes all day long is dreary work.
    成天给信封写地址是一种沉闷单调的工作。
30. I hate dreary, boring, bourgeois living& it's not interesting.
    我讨厌沉闷的、令人厌烦的中产阶级的生活&一点都没意思。

  boring arid dreary dry dull monotonous【导航词义：乏味的，无聊的】

  boring adj. 令人厌烦的；乏味的，无聊的

〔辨析〕普通用词，指某事物或某人因毫无趣味、吸引力而让人感到乏味的、无聊的。

  arid adj. 无新意的，无趣的

〔辨析〕指某事物毫无趣味的，也指缺乏令人心动的特征或品质的。

  dreary adj. 〈文〉沉闷的，令人生厌的

〔辨析〕指事物了无趣味、使人感到厌烦或沮丧的。

  dry adj. 干巴巴的，枯燥乏味的

〔辨析〕指书籍、讲话、话题等干巴巴的、生硬的、缺乏幽默的，有时含贬义。

  dull adj. 乏味的，无趣的

〔辨析〕作此义解时，通常只能用来形容事物，指因缺乏新鲜感、吸引力而显得乏味、沉闷的。

  monotonous adj. 单调的，乏味的

〔辨析〕指没有变化、重复单调的。

adj

1. causing dejection
   1. a blue day
   2. the dark days of the war
   3. a week of rainy depressing weather
   4. a disconsolate winter landscape
   5. the first dismal dispiriting days of November
   6. a dark gloomy day
   7. grim rainy weather

   Synonym:    bluedarkdingydisconsolatedismalgloomygrimsorrydrabdrear

2. lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
   1. her drab personality
   2. life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas
   3. a series of dreary dinner parties

   Synonym:    drab