underwhelming

adj.

1. 平庸的；索然无味的
   not impressing or exciting you at all
   1. the contrast between his overwhelming guitar-playing and his underwhelming singing
      他那激昂的吉他演奏与其味同嚼蜡的歌唱之间的反差

1. ADJ-GRADED （响应或回应）不热烈的
   If you use underwhelming to describe the response or reaction to something, you mean that people were not very impressed or excited by it.
   1. ...the distinctly underwhelming response to their second album...
      对他们的第二张专辑明显不够热烈的反应
   2. He met with underwhelming applause.
      他得到的掌声并不是很热烈。

1. He met with underwhelming applause.
   他得到的掌声并不是很热烈。
2. The rhetorical power of these documents are typically so underwhelming that I began to wonder if anyone had plotted sales of Microsoft office against the Dow Jones.
   这些文件如此空洞无力，以至于我都开始怀疑，是不是有人密谋把微软（Microsoft）Office兜售给百年新闻老店道琼斯（DowJones）。
3. It had potential, but you were underwhelming on the build up then you totally flubbed the punch line.
   原本或许是个好故事，但你的铺垫一点都不吸引人，最后抖包袱时又搞砸了。
4. In the interim, Apple has decided to keep the platform closed to independent developers too ( unless they want to stream their apps via airplay from an IOS device), stifling innovation and underwhelming the living room yet again.
   在此期间，苹果不得不向独立开发者封锁平台（除非开发者愿意通过Airplay从iOS设备推送应用程序）、压抑创新，接受在“客厅争夺战”中再次败北。
5. 'Shawshank' was an underwhelming box-office performer when it hit theaters 20 years ago this September, but then it began to redeem itself, finding an audience on home video and later becoming a fixture on cable TV.
   20年前的9月上映时，《肖申克的救赎》的票房表现平平，但是后来开始自我救赎，在家庭录像市场找到了大量观众，随后成为有线电视上的常客。
6. There was an underwhelming response to the latest version of Microsoft's flagship product, Windows 8. However, analysts believe it is only a matter of time before consumers get used to the new interface and its presence across multiple platforms.
   虽然微软（Microsoft）最新推出的旗舰产品Windows8反响平平，但分析师认为，这只是个时间问题，消费者很快就会习惯这种新的操作界面及其跨越多重平台的应用能力。
7. That is actually underwhelming for Yahoo's investors because Alibaba has already juiced the U.S. company's shares. These are up 122% over the past two years, against 38% for the Nasdaq Composite.
   这对雅虎的投资者来说实在不算什么，因为阿里巴巴早已推高了雅虎的股价。过去两年中，雅虎上涨了122%，同期纳斯达克综合指数升幅为38%。
8. But unfortunately, this is incredibly underwhelming certainly in the first week of a course.
   但不幸的是，它不能让我们，在第一周的课程里留下深刻的印象。
9. The combo-pill plan was shelved for a while, because early trials were underwhelming, according to an analyst report we cited earlier this year.
   据今年早些时候我们引用的一位分析师的报道，该复方药丸计划曾被搁置了一段时间，原因是前期的临床试验结果不理想。
10. An awful lot is resting on Dimitar Berbatov, one of last season's most underwhelming signings, and Michael Owen, one of last season's most underwhelming footballers.
    现在上季最令人大失所望的转会球员贝碧拖夫和上季最令人大失所望的球员奥云将会承受很大的压力。
11. Videocalling – the most overhyped and underwhelming feature in2010.Flaky connections and the lack of interoperability between different systems mean it will be slow to take off.
    视频通话–2010年吹得最天花乱坠、最不能叫人满意的电子产品功能。脆弱的连接和不同系统之间不能兼容，注定视频通话将发展缓慢。
12. Now, this is underwhelming with what you can do in just a second in this particular language.
    该语言在一秒钟内就可以做出，一些意想不到的事情。
13. So far, however, government response to his chopper project has been underwhelming to say the least.
    不过，政府对他的直升机计划的反应可以说一直是冷淡。
14. So far, the vast new marks and Spencer store in Shanghai seems to be underwhelming consumers in the shopping capital of China.
    到目前为止，玛莎百货（marksandspencer）在上海的巨大新店，似乎并未引起中国购物之都消费者的兴趣。
15. Its underwhelming conclusion was that Yahoo had to be more "relevant" to its users, advertisers and partners.
    报告得出了一个令人兴趣索然的结论：雅虎必须做到对用户、广告商和合作伙伴更为“相关”。
16. But in the book, this merits very little coverage, and much of what does appear will be underwhelming to the average business reader.
    然而在本书中，对这一点却鲜有提及，书中的描述大多不会给一般的商务读者留下深刻印象。
17. Or take another underwhelming Innovation: the creation of systemic regulators to contain bubbles.
    或拿另一种毫无新意的创新来说：创立一些系统性监管机构，以限制泡沫。