Humdrum是什么意思？

Humdrum

英[ˈhʌmdrʌm] 美[ˈhʌmˌdrʌm]

• adj. 乏味的，平凡的；

例句

• Their lives consist of the humdrum activities of everyday existence. 他们的生活由日常生存的平凡活动所构成。
• The new government seemed rather humdrum. 新政府看起来平庸无能。
• ...her lawyer husband, trapped in a humdrum but well-paid job... 她整天做着单调乏味的工作但收入颇丰的律师丈夫
• It was a narrow, humdrum place. 那是个狭窄 、 枯燥的地方.
• The accountant said it was the most humdrum day that she had ever passed. 会计师说这是她所度过的最无聊的一天.
• Imagination raises a man above the humdrum of life. 想象使人从单调无聊的生活中解脱出来.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  平凡的;单调乏味的;令人厌烦的
  If you describe someone or something as humdrum, you mean that they are ordinary, dull, or boring.
  例句
  ...her lawyer husband, trapped in a humdrum but well-paid job... 她整天做着单调乏味的工作但收入颇丰的律师丈夫 The new government seemed rather humdrum. 新政府看起来平庸无能。

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  乏味的,平凡的
  Their lives consist of the humdrum activities of everyday existence. 他们的生活由日常生存的平凡活动所构成。 The accountant said it was the most humdrum day that she had ever passed. 会计师说这是她所度过的最无聊的一天。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. not challenging; dull and lacking excitement;
  "an unglamorous job greasing engines"
  2. tediously repetitious or lacking in variety;
  "a humdrum existence; all work and no play""nothing is so monotonous as the sea"