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dreary

英 [ˈdrɪəri]

美 [ˈdrɪri]

adj.  令人沮丧的; 沉闷的; 枯燥无味的

最高级:dreariest 比较级:drearier 

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Collins.1 / BNC.11551 / COCA.12828

同义词辨析

boringariddrearydrydullmonotonous【导航词义:乏味的,无聊的】

boringadj. 令人厌烦的;乏味的,无聊的
〔辨析〕
普通用词,指某事物或某人因毫无趣味、吸引力而让人感到乏味的、无聊的。
〔例证〕
The lesson was long and boring.
这一课又臭又长。
The job is boring.
这项工作枯燥乏味。
He was a boring nuisance!
他这人真讨厌!
aridadj. 无新意的,无趣的
〔辨析〕
指某事物毫无趣味的,也指缺乏令人心动的特征或品质的。
〔例证〕
arid scientific studies
枯燥的科学研究
The audience soon grew tired of his arid speech.
没多久听众就对他枯燥无味的演说感到厌烦了。
drearyadj. 〈文〉沉闷的,令人生厌的
〔辨析〕
指事物了无趣味、使人感到厌烦或沮丧的。
〔例证〕
dreary work
乏味的工作
He is tired of the politician's dreary speech.
他厌倦了那个政客的枯燥演讲。
dryadj. 干巴巴的,枯燥乏味的
〔辨析〕
指书籍、讲话、话题等干巴巴的、生硬的、缺乏幽默的,有时含贬义。
〔例证〕
a dry debate on diplomatic policies
关于外交政策的乏味辩论
A book full of figures is rather dry.
一本满是数据的书读起来很枯燥乏味。
dulladj. 乏味的,无趣的
〔辨析〕
作此义解时,通常只能用来形容事物,指因缺乏新鲜感、吸引力而显得乏味、沉闷的。
〔例证〕
He doesn't believe that it will be a dull party.
他认为那不会是一次乏味的聚会。
This book is rather dull.
这本书很枯燥。
monotonousadj. 单调的,乏味的
〔辨析〕
指没有变化、重复单调的。
〔例证〕
a monotonous job/voice
单调的工作/声音
It is one of the most monotonous sounds of the spring.
这是春天里最单调的声音之一。

牛津词典

    adj.

    • 令人沮丧的;沉闷的;枯燥无味的
      that makes you feel sad; dull and not interesting
      1. a dreary winter's day
        阴沉的冬日
      2. a dreary film
        枯燥无味的影片
      3. a long and dreary journey on the train
        火车上漫长而乏味的旅程

    柯林斯词典

    • ADJ-GRADED 沉闷的;枯燥无味的;令人沮丧的
      If you describe something asdreary, you mean that it is dull and depressing.
      1. ...a dreary little town in the Midwest...
        位于中西部的沉闷的小镇
      2. They live such dreary lives.
        他们的生活如此乏味!

    英英释义

    adj

    • causing dejection
      1. a blue day
      2. the dark days of the war
      3. a week of rainy depressing weather
      4. a disconsolate winter landscape
      5. the first dismal dispiriting days of November
      6. a dark gloomy day
      7. grim rainy weather
      Synonym:bluedarkdingydisconsolatedismalgloomygrimsorrydrabdrear
    • lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
      1. her drab personality
      2. life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas
      3. a series of dreary dinner parties
      Synonym:drab

    双语例句

    • She was tired of hearing the same dreary tale of drunkenness and violence.
      她听够了那些关于酗酒和暴力的乏味故事。
    • So a dreary Monday afternoon in Walthamstow is nothing to write home about, right?
      这么说,在沃尔瑟姆斯托度过的一个沉闷的周一下午没什么值得大书特书的,是吗?
    • A dreary rain was falling as Celia's taxi stopped at a dingy six-storey building on Thirty-seventh street.
      令人沉闷的细雨中,西莉亚坐的出租车在第五十七号街的一座破旧和肮脏的六层楼前停住了。
    • New York City was too dreary.
      纽约市太单调了。
    • How life will be changed, how dreary the world will be, when papa and you are dead.
      等到爸爸和你都死了,生活将要有怎样的改变,世界将变得多么凄凉啊。
    • Bonfires and sacrifices guaranteed that the sun would burn brightly after a long, dreary winter.
      篝火和祭品可以保证太阳在漫长而沉闷的寒冬后会更明亮。
    • Everywhere looked so grey and dreary in the rain.
      在雨中,到处都是灰色的,沉闷的。
    • I found myself being drawn into another dreary argument.
      我发现自己被拉进了又一场烦心的争论中。
    • Instead he paints a sympathetic portrait of a tough, dreary world from which the only escape is drink.
      与此相反,他画了引人同情的一张画,在艰难而沉闷的世界里,酒成了唯一的逃避。
    • It was a dreary story, but a beautiful day now.
      一个凄婉的故事造就了一个美丽的日子。