unimaginative

英 [ˌʌnɪˈmædʒɪnətɪv] 美 [ˌʌnɪˈmædʒɪnətɪv]

adj.  无创意的; 缺乏想象力的

BNC.18532 / COCA.24952



牛津词典

adj.

  1. 无创意的;缺乏想象力的
    lacking in original or new ideas
    1. an unimaginative solution to a problem
      毫无创意的解决方法
    2. a boring unimaginative man
      一个乏味、没有想象力的男人

柯林斯词典

  1. ADJ-GRADED 缺乏想象力的;刻板的
    If you describe someone as unimaginative, you are criticizing them because they do not think of new methods or things to do.
    1. Her second husband was a steady, unimaginative, corporate lawyer.
      她的第二任丈夫是一位稳重、刻板的公司法律师。
    2. ...unimaginative teachers.
      缺乏想象力的老师
  2. ADJ-GRADED 乏味的;无吸引力的
    If you describe something as unimaginative, you mean that it is boring or unattractive because very little imagination or effort has been used on it.
    1. ...unimaginative food...
      毫无吸引力的饭菜
    2. Film critics called it a monumentally unimaginative movie.
      影评人称其为一部极度乏味的电影。

双语例句

  1. The newspaper called the plan timid and unimaginative.
    该报称这一计划谨小慎微,毫无想象力。
  2. Her second husband was a steady, unimaginative, corporate lawyer.
    她的第二任丈夫是一位稳重、刻板的公司法律师。
  3. Film critics called it a monumentally unimaginative movie.
    影评人称其为一部极度乏味的电影。
  4. He is an unimaginative individual who does everything by the book.
    他是一个一切照章办事,缺想象力的人。
  5. But they do offer radically different services from the banks 'unimaginative valuation models.
    但是,他们确实提供区别于银行缺乏想象力的估值模型之外的完全不同的服务。
  6. 'People who seek stimulation and adventure* they'd be less likely to establish and comfortably maintain a relationship with very traditional, conservative, unimaginative, risk-avoidant individuals,' said Western Carolina psychology department head David McCord.
    西卡罗莱纳大学心理系主任戴维麦科德说:那些寻求刺激和冒险的人不大可能和十分传统、保守、缺乏想象力、不愿冒险的人确立并轻松地维持恋情关系。
  7. Children who play truant form school are unimaginative.
    参考译文逃学的孩子们都缺乏想像力。
  8. Consistency is the last resort of the unimaginative.
    一致性是缺乏想象力的最后乐园。
  9. A stupid or unimaginative person dupe n.
    傻瓜,易受骗的人。
  10. Little boys who play truant from school are unimaginative.
    逃学的孩子都缺乏想像力。
  11. Unimaginative development of a musical theme; uninspired writing.
    对音乐主题的平庸无味的展开;平凡无趣的作品。
  12. But to the eye of the ordinary, unimaginative traveler, they are invisible.
    但在普通的,无想象力的游客眼里,它们是看不见的。
  13. Prefabrication is by no means a new idea, but in the past, unimaginative uniformity in design, together with limited materials, led to a natural distaste for this form of construction.
    预制结构并非新构想,但是在过去,由于在设计上严重缺乏统一规格,再加上材料有限,自然就使得这种施工方式不受欢迎。
  14. Professor Hilton paused and glared at him, unsympathetic and unimaginative as one of his own test-tubes.
    希尔顿老师停了停,瞪着地,缺乏同情和想像力,跟他的试管一样。
  15. The article shows a poverty of imagination. a colorless and unimaginative person;
    这篇文章显得缺乏想象力。一个没有个性,缺乏想象力的人;
  16. Local guides describe the history of various places in matter-of-fact tones; a prosaic and unimaginative essay.
    当地导游以一种平淡无味的语气描述各个地方的历史;平淡的缺乏想象力的散文。
  17. The members of committees are often hidebound, unimaginative and even incompetent.
    委员们常常顽固保守,缺乏想象力甚至不称职。
  18. Excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull.
    过分的传统、缺乏想象力因而沉闷无趣。
  19. She was a rather dull unimaginative woman.
    她是个非常沉闷、缺乏想象力的女人。
  20. This year's Festival program was disappointingly unimaginative.
    今年的节日晚会缺乏创造力,很令人失望。
  21. A colorless and unimaginative person;
    一个没有个性,缺乏想象力的人;
  22. Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
    “风格统一”是缺乏想象力的最后借口。
  23. Consistency be the last refuge of the unimaginative.
    连贯性,是没有想象力的人的最后的籍口。
  24. Being unimaginative boys, they called themselves "The Eagles" and "The Rattlers" but as& what happened was, being separated they developed distinctive cultures.
    这些没什么想象力的小男孩就把队伍取名为,“老鹰”和“响尾蛇”,接着,分组以后,他们就形成了各自的文化。
  25. 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。
  26. Characteristic or suggestive of an institution especially in being uniform or dull or unimaginative.
    具有制度的特点或者令人想起制度,特别是具有正式、沉闷或者没有想象力的特点。
  27. But to paraphrase the great social thinker Jane Jacobs, only an unimaginative man would think he could dictate the definitive solution to such problems, and only an arrogant man would want to.
    然而,我们可以这样概括伟大的社会思想家简·雅各布斯(JaneJacobs)的观点:只有缺乏想象力的人,才会认为自己可以对这些问题给出明确的解决方案,而只有傲慢的人才会希望这样做。
  28. Zidane's off-field blandness extends to his wardrobe, which is just sort of dull and unimaginative.
    齐达内球场下的平淡无奇延伸到他的衣柜里,简直是有些呆板、缺少想像力。

英英释义

adj

  1. lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality
    1. stereotyped phrases of condolence
    2. even his profanity was unimaginative

    Synonym:    stereotypedstereotypicstereotypical

  2. deficient in originality or creativity
    1. a sterile ideology lacking in originality
    2. unimaginative development of a musical theme
    3. uninspired writing

    Synonym:    sterileuninspireduninventive

  3. dealing only with concrete facts