humourless

adj.

1. 无幽默感的
   not having or showing the ability to laugh at things that other people think are amusing

in AM, use 美国英语用 humorless


1. ADJ-GRADED 缺乏幽默感的;一本正经的
   If you accuse someone of being humourless, you mean that they are very serious about everything and do not find things amusing.
   1. He was a straight-faced, humourless character.
      他是个一脸严肃相、缺乏幽默感的人。

1. He was a straight-faced, humourless character.
   他是个一脸严肃相、缺乏幽默感的人。
2. He showed his teeth in a humourless grin
   他一本正经地咧嘴笑了笑。
3. The 24-hour humourless hype is exhausting.
   24小时不间断的无趣炒作令人厌倦。
4. Anyone expecting of this Scot a high-minded, humourless Puritan would have been surprised.
   任何指望阿拉斯泰尔这位苏格兰人是位高洁正经的清教徒式的人，都会感到意外。
5. The third prejudice is that Mr Carstens is a humourless technocrat, when what is required at the head of the IMF is a nimble politician who can alternately charm or enforce, like the elegant French candidate and finance minister, Christine Lagarde.
   第三种偏见是，卡斯滕斯是个没有幽默感的技术官员，而imf需要一位兼具个人魅力和执行力、灵活机敏的政治家作为领导人，比如举止优雅的法国财长克里斯蒂娜拉加德（christinelagarde）。
6. The consensus view seems to be that the Americans are being humourless and vindictive in their remorseless efforts to extradite and prosecute Mr McKinnon.
   英国媒体的一致看法似乎是美国人太过较真、报复心太强，执意要将麦金农引渡到美国审讯。
7. Always avoid the person who is cross, humourless, or full of theories.
   永远不要同那种动不动就生气，毫无幽默感，或是满嘴理论的人来往。
8. She is a sombre, humourless monster although some of her henchman, especially one with two heads, give us a laugh.
   她是一个阴沉而木讷的怪物，但她的随从怪物却逗得我们捧腹大笑，特别是那只双头怪物。
9. She struggled through the dense, humourless prose.
   她勉强读完这篇难懂的、毫无幽默感的散文。
10. A humourless person, style of writing Nothing spoils romance so much as a sense of humor in a woman.
    无幽默感的人、无风趣的文风.最有损于浪漫的，莫过于女人的幽默感。
11. The priest was a humourless and moralistic man.
    那个牧师是个毫无幽默感的道德主义者。
12. I despair when I see how many companies are run by humourless number-crunchers.
    我绝望到看到，有那么多的公司由缺乏幽默感会计人员一手掌管。

adj

1. lacking humor
   1. it was a humorless win

   Synonym:    humorlessunhumorous