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

  1. 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

  1. N-UNCOUNT 单调乏味;无变化;一成不变
    The monotony of 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

双语例句

  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. 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。
  3. The warmth of the room and the monotony of the speaker's voice grew soporific.
    房间里的热气和发言人单调的声音让人昏昏欲睡。
  4. Watch some television to add variety to life ( or to break the monotony).
    适当地看看电视,调剂调剂生活。
  5. He lasted for 11 months before the monotony of it got to him.
    他在那里工作了11个月后开始觉得单调乏味。
  6. 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。
  7. 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。
  8. I needed something to break the monotony of my typing job.
    我需要些东西解除打字工作的单调。
  9. 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。
  10. They are tired of the monotony of monogamy, the Wednesday-night-only sex.
    这些女士对千篇一律的一夫一妻制及所谓只在周三晚过性生活感到厌倦。
  11. Monotony is a reason for some road accidents.
    单调是造成某些交通事故的原因。
  12. Here, two-dimensionality may imply Feng Bin's critical attitude toward the monotony of urban life.
    冯斌也许用这样的二维形式暗示他对单调的当代都市生活的批判。
  13. The monotony of my life here was really starting to weigh me down.
    在这里单调的生活真的开始把我拖垮了。
  14. She seems so depressed by the monotony and boredom of her city life.
    城市生活的单调和无聊似乎使她非常忧郁。
  15. After five minutes of this exercise the little prince grew tired of the game's monotony.
    这动作持续做了五分钟,小王子就厌倦这种单调的游戏了。
  16. They broke up the monotony of the days.
    他们突破了日复一日的单调格局。
  17. Some claim jogging is thought conducive; others insist the scenery relieves the monotony.
    有些人宣称跑步有助于思考,另一些人则坚信沿途的风光缓解了跑步的单调。
  18. The end of the boundless desert, the monotony was only the heaven and the earth.
    望不到尽头的荒漠上,单调得只有天和地。
  19. Relieve the monotony of everyday life.
    缓解日常生活的单调状况。
  20. Slip-shod girls cleaning the windows of the little shops broke the monotony of the street.
    衣衫不整的女孩子在揩抹小店铺的橱窗,这打破了街头的单调。
  21. Rocky mesas, canyons and arroyos break up the monotony of kilometers of shifting dunes.
    多岩石的平地、峡谷和干枯的河道截断了绵延几千公里的单调的黄褐色地表。
  22. And these community events help people forget the monotony of everyday life for just a little while.
    群体活动能够帮人们暂时忘却平日单调的生活。
  23. The radio relieves the monotony of everyday life.
    收音机缓解了我们日常生活的单调状况。
  24. I hate the monotony of work on the assembly line.
    我痛恨在单调无味的流水装配线上工作。
  25. 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。
  26. Nausea: for several days at a time, though vomiting sometimes broke the monotony.
    恶心:数天的时间,虽然有时呕吐打破了乏味(的生活)。
  27. But between such peaks of challenge and elation there is monotony and despair.
    但在这些挑战与兴奋的巅峰之间是单调与绝望。
  28. I work with monotony.
    我工作很单调。
  29. 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。
  30. Extreme monotony and boredom as you drive for hour after hour.
    长时间开车时体验的极端单调无趣。

英英释义

noun

  1. constancy of tone or pitch or inflection

    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:    humdrumsameness