lacklustre

adj.

1. 无趣味的；单调的；枯燥乏味的
   not interesting or exciting; dull
   1. a lacklustre performance
      枯燥乏味的表演
   2. lacklustre hair
      无光泽的头发

in AM, use 美国英语用 lackluster


1. ADJ-GRADED 无生气的；无活力的；单调乏味的
   If you describe something or someone as lacklustre, you mean that they are not exciting or energetic.
   1. He has already been blamed for his party's lackluster performance during the election campaign.
      他的政党在竞选活动中表现平平，他因此已受到指责。

1. Stocks in Chinese warehouses monitored by the Shanghai Futures Exchange have doubled to 224,000 tonnes this year, suggesting lacklustre demand.
   上海期货交易所监管下中国各仓库的铜库存今年增加了一倍，达到22.4万吨，显示需求疲软。
2. The move is fuelling fears that underwriters will be pushed into lending to so-called cornerstone investors, potentially creating false demand in the lacklustre market for initial public offerings.
   此举令人们更加担心，承销商们将受到压力，促使它们向所谓的基石投资者提供贷款。这可能在死气沉沉的首次公开发行市场上制造虚假的需求。
3. But its lacklustre stewardship of the Washington-based international financial institutions is one of the reasons rivals are proliferating.
   但是，美国对位于华盛顿的国际金融机构庸庸碌碌的管理，也是竞争对手不断涌现的原因之一。
4. But the added effect of a persistently high yen, which makes exporters 'prices less competitive, together with lacklustre consumer spending and surging oil and food prices, leaves the Japanese government with a strong reason to be concerned about the slowing economy.
   然而，日元持续高企的影响，加之疲弱的消费者支出和不断飙升的石油及食品价格，给了日本政府强有力的理由，来担心经济的不断放缓。日元升值降低了出口商的价格竞争力。
5. But issuance from top-rated companies has been lacklustre.
   但拥有最高评级的企业发行的债券缺乏吸引力。
6. Lacklustre sales of TVs and appliances meant that digital media probably posted falling operating margins in the second quarter.
   电视及其它电器销售惨淡，意味着数码媒体业务第二季度的营运利润率可能有所下降。
7. Lacklustre first-quarter growth figures were released this week.
   欧元区上周公布了黯淡的第一季度增长数据。
8. This lacklustre performance is probably not due to mismanagement.
   表现如此乏力或许并不是因为管理不善。
9. Lacklustre sales in the developed world need a lift, he says.
   他说，（可口可乐）在发达国家的销售业绩乏善可陈，需要加强。
10. He believes investor concern about the scandals is the main reason for the group's lacklustre stock price over the past couple of years.
    他认为，在过去几年，公司股价表现低迷的主要原因在于投资者对花旗丑闻的担心。
11. Fed officials believe there is already evidence of this in the lacklustre initial take-up of loans offered for the term asset-backed securities loan facility ( TALF).
    美联储（fed）官员相信，为定期资产支持证券贷款工具（talf）提供的首批贷款申请不活跃，就已证明了这一点。
12. If she says Sienna Miller's hair is lacklustre, then it's lacklustre.
    如果安娜说西耶娜米勒（SiennaMiller）的头发死气沉沉，那么它就是死气沉沉的。
13. It is not only emerging markets. Global IPOs are also relatively lacklustre.
    不仅是新兴市场，全球IPO的表现也相对低迷。
14. Corporate debt issuance in the US has made a lacklustre start to the year, after the slowest December in three years, as the credit squeeze continues to weigh on investor sentiment and market liquidity.
    在经历了3年来增长最为缓慢的12月份之后，美国企业债券发行今年开局乏善可陈，因信贷紧缩继续令投资者人气和市场流动性承压。
15. Britain's lacklustre economy and dreadful public finances are sure to be important election issues.
    英国低迷的经济与糟糕的公共财政注定成为重要的选举议题。
16. The band were pretty lacklustre. I think they could do with a few more rehearsals.
    乐队真是太失水准了。我觉得他们需要多排练几次。
17. However, growth is expected to slacken in subsequent years, due partly to lacklustre investment in emerging markets and a political backlash against foreign take-overs in industrialised countries.
    不过，随后几年的增速预计将会有所放缓，部分原因是对新兴市场的投资减速，以及工业化国家针对外资并购出现了政治上的抵制趋势。
18. Chinese commodities demand is lacklustre and inventories are indeed high.
    中国大宗商品目前需求低迷，而且库存确实处于高位。
19. The HSBC reading was the lowest in a year, reflecting relatively lacklustre demand in domestic and foreign markets.
    汇丰中国制造业PMI为一年内最低，反映出国内外市场需求相对疲弱。
20. Some bars and restaurants say business is lacklustre too.
    一些酒吧和餐厅也表示生意一般。
21. Having been around since the late 1960s priority lending has a lacklustre record in reducing poverty.
    早在20世纪60年代末印度就开始推行重点贷款，但这一直以来在扶贫方面无甚建树。
22. Lacklustre demand meant the government had to halve its retail issuance.
    萎靡不振的需求，意味着政府不得不将面向散户的发行额减少一半。
23. Agricultural Bank shares made a relatively lacklustre debut, casting doubts over investor appetite for mainland banks.
    农行股票上市首日的表现较为低迷，这让人们开始怀疑投资者对中国内地银行的兴趣。
24. But analysts say the lacklustre performance of the parliamentary opposition had lulled the government into a sense of complacency and they had underestimated popular discontent.
    但是分析人士说，议会反对派的平淡表现使政府产生了自满情绪，低估了民众的不满。
25. However, recent lacklustre performance and disagreements over strategy triggered a "rebranding" this year that saw Mr Coffey relinquish his position overseeing the MEM fund.
    但最近科菲业绩陷于平淡，在交易策略方面也与培根产生不和，导致在今年摩尔内部的一次洗牌中，科菲交出了对新兴市场基金的管理权。
26. But now the recession and subsequently lacklustre growth show signs of biting.
    但是现在的经济衰退和随之而来的黯淡升学率展现了反噬的信号。
27. Many of the national pavilions are lacklustre and unimaginative by comparison.
    相比之下，许多国家展馆显得缺乏生气和想象力。
28. But investors should not misinterpret the lacklustre year global macro is having so far in 2009.
    但对于2009年迄今全球宏观基金的平淡表现，投资者不应加以误读。

adj

1. lacking luster or shine
   1. staring with lackluster eyes
   2. lusterless hair

   Synonym:    lacklusterlusterlesslustreless

2. lacking brilliance or vitality
   1. a dull lackluster life
   2. a lusterless performance

   Synonym:    lacklusterlusterlesslustreless