humdrum

美 [?h?m?dr?m] 　英 [?h?mdr?m]

• n.單調(diào)；無聊的話；無聊的人
• adj.乏味的；單調(diào)的
• v.單調(diào)地動(dòng)作
• 網(wǎng)絡(luò)枯燥的；單調(diào)無聊的；單調(diào)乏味的

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These activities seem to be far more profitable than the humdrum business of managing payments and channelling savings towards investment.

這些活動(dòng)似乎遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)比乏味的薪酬管理和引導(dǎo)儲(chǔ)蓄進(jìn)入投資領(lǐng)域更為有利可圖。

She was glad to be out of the flat, because already she felt that it was a narrow, humdrum place, and that interest and joy lay elsewhere.

離開公寓到外面走走，使她心情舒暢，因?yàn)?/c>她已經(jīng)感到那個(gè)家狹隘單調(diào)，毫無趣味和歡樂可言。

Was it a humdrum crime of trying to steal banking details?

這是一種用以盜竊銀行數(shù)據(jù)的普通犯罪活動(dòng)？

We should hesitate to admit this if it were merely a question of humdrum dwellers on this corner of the universe called Earth.

如果這僅僅是這個(gè)叫做地球的宇宙之中的角落里無聊居民的問題，我們在承認(rèn)這一點(diǎn)時(shí)會(huì)猶豫不決。

Last but not least, students' creativity tends to be repressed due to the humdrum and dull homework.

最后，學(xué)生們的創(chuàng)造力在單調(diào)乏味的作業(yè)壓力下受到極大的壓抑。

Hours before the panic began, there were signs that Thursday was not shaping up to be a humdrum day.

恐慌拋盤開始前數(shù)小時(shí)，即有信號表明上周四不會(huì)是個(gè)平凡之日。

So humdrum was the technical work that it killed Wu Yu's patience. He hoped to be unique. He needed more space for himself.

單調(diào)、重復(fù)的技術(shù)工作讓吳宇失去了耐心，他希望與眾不同，他要創(chuàng)造更廣闊的自我空間。

Reality always look better in slow motion. Even the most humdrum events can seem like the most dramatic moment of an action film.

慢鏡頭中的世界總會(huì)顯得更加精彩，即使是最無聊的事也可能變得像是動(dòng)作片的精彩鏡頭。

Making tomato sauce was humdrum domestic work that did not contribute to my goals and , more important, wasn't scheduled.

而做番茄醬只是無聊時(shí)做的家務(wù)，對我的工作沒什么幫助；更重要的是這并不在我的計(jì)劃之內(nèi)。

There are also few new experiences for you, just the humdrum of daily life and the loneliness of having to get on with it on your own.

你也會(huì)擁有一些新的體驗(yàn)--平凡的日常生活、和依靠自己繼續(xù)進(jìn)行它的寂寞。

She felt that she must not yield. She must go on leading her strained, humdrum life.

她覺得不能打退堂鼓，必須繼續(xù)過那貧困而單調(diào)的生活。

At first glance, nothing could be more mechanical than the humdrum business of getting ready to start a class.

乍看之下，沒有什么比這個(gè)機(jī)械較單調(diào)乏味的業(yè)務(wù)摩拳擦掌，準(zhǔn)備開始一個(gè)階層。

A couple of weeks ago I dreamt that a page editor asked me to do some humdrum subbing as he was too busy.

幾周前，我夢到一位版面編輯要求我替他做一些單調(diào)的工作，因?yàn)?/c>他太忙。

Instead of being the humdrum statistical world, everything seemed to turn into butterflies and perfume.

而被統(tǒng)計(jì)的單調(diào)的世界，一切似乎都變成蝴蝶和香水。

But at the more humdrum end of the business, smaller presses for simple metal shapes, Chinese competition is hurting Galdabini.

但在行業(yè)略為低端的領(lǐng)域，即制造簡單金屬形狀的更小的沖壓件方面，中國的競爭者正打擊這家公司。

The sophisticated technology that sets luxury cars apart from humdrum, mass-market vehicles comes with a high degree of risk.

先進(jìn)的技術(shù)使豪華轎車有別于單調(diào)的、面向大眾市場的汽車，但這具有高風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。

This case shows how the apparently humdrum process of transliterating names from one language to another can be exploited by criminals.

這個(gè)案件告訴了我們，將名字從一種語言音譯為另一種語言很明顯是很簡單單調(diào)的程序，但這會(huì)被某些罪犯們利用。

but as it was it would mean taking her from one everyday humdrum life to another as humdrum or perhaps more so.

可是那樣就將意味著把她從每天的單調(diào)生活里帶到另一種單調(diào)甚至可能更加單調(diào)的生活里。

The information is in part humdrum and also dramatic, showing in raw detail the intelligence reports sent from personnel in the field.

有些信息平淡無奇，有些則有戲劇性的描述，展示了戰(zhàn)地人員發(fā)來的原始的詳細(xì)情報(bào)報(bào)告。

Boy: Hmn, I feel very humdrum. There is nobody here to talk with me. How humdrum!

男孩：嗯，太無聊了。這兒一個(gè)說話的人也沒有。真沒意思！

Humdrum office life was briefly interrupted with a little drama.

單調(diào)的辦公室生活被一場小小的劇目短暫打斷了。

Its most striking feature is to delegate the humdrum task of ferrying people and equipment to low-Earth orbit to the private sector.

其中最驚人之處在于，將未來人類和物資運(yùn)送進(jìn)入低空軌道的任務(wù)授權(quán)給私人機(jī)構(gòu)。

Why all the fuss over a firm that focuses on the seemingly humdrum business of storing data?

為什么這樣一家看起來沒什么大不了的數(shù)據(jù)貯存公司能引來因此大的收購大戰(zhàn)？

Some analysts predict humdrum sales for traditional retailers, but booming ones for internet retailers.

一些分析師認(rèn)為傳統(tǒng)零售商的銷售不會(huì)有太大起色，但是線上商城會(huì)迎來一個(gè)火爆的夜晚。

In Hollywood, the romantic comedy is well into humdrum middle age. But in China, the genre is still in its honeymoon phase.

在好萊塢，浪漫喜劇早已進(jìn)入波瀾不驚的中年時(shí)期。但是在中國，這類影片仍舊處于蜜月期。

Municipal committees in rebel-held towns were assigned the basic tasks of humdrum administration.

叛軍占領(lǐng)城鎮(zhèn)的市政委員會(huì)負(fù)責(zé)一般行政的基本任務(wù)。

Companies use the term "commodity business" to describe humdrum, low-margin activities.

廠商使用“過度競爭行業(yè)”來形容長期乏味、利潤低下的業(yè)務(wù)。

Without the taxes paid by people in the more humdrum sorts of employment, helping to fund research and start-ups is an awful lot harder.

若沒有那些在各種枯燥崗位上工作的人們納稅，為研究和各種項(xiàng)目提供經(jīng)費(fèi)將會(huì)艱難得多。

What is left is rather humdrum. One task is to chair some sectoral councils, for instance of agriculture ministers.

剩下的工作就比較乏味了，包括組織某行業(yè)的會(huì)議，比如農(nóng)業(yè)部長會(huì)議。

By never letting life get static, this woman busts the myth that being married means feeling humdrum.

從不讓生活變得停滯不前，這樣的女人打破了結(jié)婚就意味著單調(diào)無聊的無稽之談。

Mr Ganesh's job, issuing Indian visas to Afghans, often for medical treatment, sounds humdrum.

加內(nèi)甚的工作是發(fā)放到阿富汗的印度簽證（大部分是醫(yī)療簽證），這樣的工作聽起來十分單調(diào)。

Jesus probably had his first revelations while doing humdrum carpentry work.

耶穌可能就是在單調(diào)的木工活中有了第一個(gè)頓悟；

Fundamentally, though, the job for Asian policymakers has reverted to the humdrum business of balancing growth with price rises.

不過，從根本上講，亞洲政策制定者的工作已經(jīng)歸于單調(diào)乏味：在增長與價(jià)格上漲之間找到平衡。

The good news is that I convinced them both To leave town. What do you care about humdrum humphrey anyway?

好消息是，我說服他們離開這里。漢弗瑞有什么值得關(guān)心的？。

eg: It was a narrow, humdrum place.

那是個(gè)狹窄、枯燥的地方。

You're right, Fred. It's just one humdrum day after another. -Look at us right now. Two able-bodied, red-blooded men, and what are we doing?

你說的對，僅僅是一天又一天的無聊看看現(xiàn)在我們做的，兩個(gè)強(qiáng)壯的，熱血的男人，我們正在干嘛？

Now it is back to the humdrum business of serving the productive economy.

如今，銀行正回歸到服務(wù)于經(jīng)濟(jì)生產(chǎn)的尋常事務(wù)之中。

Film exhibition was until recently a humdrum business.

直到最近，電影展成為一項(xiàng)無聊的業(yè)務(wù)。

It is the gentle yet penetrating lucidity of Mr Eugenides's writing that makes a slightly humdrum plot into so involving a novel.

奧金尼德斯的作品溫和而始終明朗，使得小說中涉及的陰謀稍嫌單調(diào)無聊。

Nevada now needs humdrum jobs more than glitzy casinos.

內(nèi)華達(dá)眼下更需要普通的就業(yè)崗位而不是光彩奪目的賭場。