humdrum

humdrum

美 [ˈhʌmˌdrʌm] 　英 [ˈhʌmdrʌm]

• n.单调；无聊的话；无聊的人
• adj.乏味的；单调的
• v.单调地动作
• 网络枯燥的；单调无聊的；单调乏味的

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

这些活动似乎远远比乏味的薪酬管理和引导储蓄进入投资领域更为有利可图。

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.

离开公寓到外面走走，使她心情舒畅，因为她已经感到那个家狭隘单调，毫无趣味和欢乐可言。

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

这是一种用以盗窃银行数据的普通犯罪活动？

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

如果这仅仅是这个叫做地球的宇宙之中的角落里无聊居民的问题，我们在承认这一点时会犹豫不决。

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

最后，学生们的创造力在单调乏味的作业压力下受到极大的压抑。

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

恐慌抛盘开始前数小时，即有信号表明上周四不会是个平凡之日。

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

单调、重复的技术工作让吴宇失去了耐心，他希望与众不同，他要创造更广阔的自我空间。

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

慢镜头中的世界总会显得更加精彩，即使是最无聊的事也可能变得像是动作片的精彩镜头。

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

而做番茄酱只是无聊时做的家务，对我的工作没什么帮助；更重要的是这并不在我的计划之内。

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.

你也会拥有一些新的体验--平凡的日常生活、和依靠自己继续进行它的寂寞。

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

她觉得不能打退堂鼓，必须继续过那贫困而单调的生活。

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

乍看之下，没有什么比这个机械较单调乏味的业务摩拳擦掌，准备开始一个阶层。

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

几周前，我梦到一位版面编辑要求我替他做一些单调的工作，因为他太忙。

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

而被统计的单调的世界，一切似乎都变成蝴蝶和香水。

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

但在行业略为低端的领域，即制造简单金属形状的更小的冲压件方面，中国的竞争者正打击这家公司。

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

先进的技术使豪华轿车有别于单调的、面向大众市场的汽车，但这具有高风险。

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

这个案件告诉了我们，将名字从一种语言音译为另一种语言很明显是很简单单调的程序，但这会被某些罪犯们利用。

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

可是那样就将意味着把她从每天的单调生活里带到另一种单调甚至可能更加单调的生活里。

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

有些信息平淡无奇，有些则有戏剧性的描述，展示了战地人员发来的原始的详细情报报告。

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

男孩：嗯，太无聊了。这儿一个说话的人也没有。真没意思！

Humdrum office life was briefly interrupted with a little drama.

单调的办公室生活被一场小小的剧目短暂打断了。

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

其中最惊人之处在于，将未来人类和物资运送进入低空轨道的任务授权给私人机构。

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

为什么这样一家看起来没什么大不了的数据贮存公司能引来因此大的收购大战？

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

一些分析师认为传统零售商的销售不会有太大起色，但是线上商城会迎来一个火爆的夜晚。

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

在好莱坞，浪漫喜剧早已进入波澜不惊的中年时期。但是在中国，这类影片仍旧处于蜜月期。

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

叛军占领城镇的市政委员会负责一般行政的基本任务。

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

厂商使用“过度竞争行业”来形容长期乏味、利润低下的业务。

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.

若没有那些在各种枯燥岗位上工作的人们纳税，为研究和各种项目提供经费将会艰难得多。

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

剩下的工作就比较乏味了，包括组织某行业的会议，比如农业部长会议。

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

从不让生活变得停滞不前，这样的女人打破了结婚就意味着单调无聊的无稽之谈。

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

加内甚的工作是发放到阿富汗的印度签证（大部分是医疗签证），这样的工作听起来十分单调。

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

耶稣可能就是在单调的木工活中有了第一个顿悟；

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

不过，从根本上讲，亚洲政策制定者的工作已经归于单调乏味：在增长与价格上涨之间找到平衡。

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

好消息是，我说服他们离开这里。汉弗瑞有什么值得关心的？。

eg: It was a narrow, humdrum place.

那是个狭窄、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?

你说的对，仅仅是一天又一天的无聊看看现在我们做的，两个强壮的，热血的男人，我们正在干嘛？

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

如今，银行正回归到服务于经济生产的寻常事务之中。

Film exhibition was until recently a humdrum business.

直到最近，电影展成为一项无聊的业务。

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

奥金尼德斯的作品温和而始终明朗，使得小说中涉及的阴谋稍嫌单调无聊。

Nevada now needs humdrum jobs more than glitzy casinos.

内华达眼下更需要普通的就业岗位而不是光彩夺目的赌场。