humdrum

adj.

1. 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

1. ADJ-GRADED 平凡的;单调乏味的;令人厌烦的
   If you describe someone or something as humdrum, 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。

1. The new government seemed rather humdrum.
   新政府看起来平庸无能。
2. 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。
3. It was a narrow, humdrum place.
   那是个狭窄、枯燥的地方。
4. 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。
5. 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。
6. They basically primp and pose through the same humdrum motions they did before.
   他们基本就跟之前一样打扮一下，拗拗造型，做做简单动作和脸部表情罢了。
7. 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。
8. 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。
9. 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。
10. 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。
11. 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。
12. 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。
13. 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。
14. 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。
15. 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。
16. After all, take a more familiar humdrum example.
    举个更熟悉的乏味的例子。
17. Last but not least, students'creativity tends to be repressed due to the humdrum and dull homework.
    最后，学生们的创造力在单调乏味的作业压力下受到极的压抑。
18. 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。
19. She let a ray of originality into his humdrum life.
    她把独创性的光芒引进了他的平庸生活之中。
20. She was tired of the humdrum life in the countryside and desired to go out.
    她对乡下单调的生活感到厌倦，渴望走出去。
21. 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。
22. 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。
23. 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。
24. 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。
25. 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。
26. Smoking is nothing but to spend humdrum time.
    抽烟不过是为了打发无聊的时光。
27. 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。
28. She was glad to be out of the flat, because already she felt that it was a narrow, humdrum place, and that interest and joy lay elsewhere.
    离开公寓到外面走走，使她心情舒畅，因为她已经感到那个家狭隘单调，毫无趣味和欢乐可言。
29. Humdrum office life was briefly interrupted with a little drama.
    单调的办公室生活被一场小小的剧目短暂打断了。
30. Your last video was quite humdrum as compared to this one.
    你的影视相比这个都还要逊色。

noun

1. 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

1. tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
   1. a humdrum existenc
   2. nothing is so monotonous as the sea

   Synonym:    monotonous

2. not challenging
   1. an unglamorous job greasing engines

   Synonym:    commonplaceprosaicunglamorousunglamourous