dullest

英 [ˈdʌlɪst]

美 [ˈdʌləst]

adj.  枯燥无味的; 无聊的; 令人生厌的; 不明亮的; 不鲜明的; 无光泽的; 不清晰的; 隐约的; 低沉的
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柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 枯燥无味的;沉闷的;无聊的
  If you describe someone or something asdull, you mean they are not interesting or exciting.
  1. They are both nice people but can be rather dull...
     他俩都是好人但非常沉闷。
  2. I felt she found me boring and dull...
     我觉得她认为我既无趣又沉闷。
  3. The documentary lasts for more than two-and-a-half hours, and there is scarcely a dull minute.
     该纪录片片长超过两个半小时,却鲜有沉闷之处。
• ADJ-GRADED 没精打采的;无生气的
  Someone or something that isdullis not very lively or energetic.
  1. The body's natural rhythms mean we all feel dull and sleepy between 1 and 3pm.
     人体生物钟会让我们在下午 1 点到 3 点之间感觉没精打采、昏昏欲睡。
• ADJ-GRADED (颜色或光)不明亮的,晦暗的
  Adullcolour or light is not bright.
  1. The stamp was a dull blue colour.
     邮票是晦暗的深蓝色。
• ADJ-GRADED 阴沉的;昏暗的;多云的
  You say the weather isdullwhen it is very cloudy.
  1. It's always dull and raining.
     天气总是阴雨连绵。
• ADJ-GRADED （声音）不清晰的，隐约的，低沉的
  Dullsounds are not very clear or loud.
  1. The long whining whistle of a shell was followed by the dull boom of the explosion...
     在炮弹长长的哀鸣声呼啸而过之后是隆隆而低沉的爆炸声。
  2. The coffin closed with a dull thud.
     棺材合上时发出一声闷响。
• ADJ-GRADED (感觉)不明显的，不强烈的，隐约的
  Dullfeelings are weak and not intense.
  1. The pain, usually a dull ache, gets worse with exercise...
     通常不明显的疼痛在运动后会加剧。
  2. I realized with a kind of dull shock that I didn't recognize a single name.
     我暗自一惊，发现一个名字都不认识。
• 钝的;不锋利的
  If a knife or blade isdull, it is not sharp.
• V-ERG (使)不强烈;(使)变得无光泽;(使)无生气
  If somethingdullsor if itis dulled, it becomes less intense, bright, or lively.
  1. Her eyes dulled and she gazed blankly...
     她眼神暗淡，呆呆地凝视着。
  2. He can dull your senses with facts and figures...
     他会用事实和数据蒙蔽你的理智。
  3. Share prices and trading have been dulled by worries over the war.
     股票价格和交易因人们对战争的忧虑而走低。

双语例句

• I think, however, that, provided work is not excessive in amount, even the dullest work is to most people less painful than idleness.
  然而我认为，只要不过量，对多数人来说即使是最枯燥的工作也比终日无所事事要好些。
• The dullest human being, instructed beforehand, is capable of turning a mill; but a horse cannot turn it without somebody to drive and watch him.
  哪伯是最迟钝的人，只要事先给予指导，也会转动磨盘，但要是没有人驱赶和照管，马是不会转动磨盘的。
• He really is the dullest boy in the class.
  他确实是班上最笨的男生。
• Almost three quarters of people said that they often do not leave their house on a Sunday, while 46 per cent confess they rarely speak to anyone on the phone either. More than a quarter said it is the dullest day because it is full of chores.
  3/4的人表示周末一般不出门，而46%的人则承认自己很少跟人煲电话。超过1/4的人觉得周日是最无聊的一天，因为有一大堆家务要做。
• Second-rate acting and a tediously familiar plot contrive to make this one of the dullest film releases this year.
  二流的表演和乏味，落俗套的剧情使这成为今年发行的最枯燥无味的电影之一。
• The dullest feel something which they may not always express or describe.
  即使那些最迟钝的人也会有所感觉，尽管他们不善表达或描述。
• He could take the dullest technical specification, the processing speed of a laptop, and make grown audiences whimper with pleasure.
  他能够用最枯燥的技术规格参数，比如笔记本的处理速度，让一群成年听众喜极而泣。
• She said it in the simplest manner, as if she had said: "He's fond of wild-flowers"; and after a moment she added candidly:" I think he's the dullest man I ever met. "
  她直言不讳地说，仿佛在讲：“他喜欢拈花惹草。”过了一会儿她又坦然地补充道：“我觉得他是我见过的最蠢的男人了。”
• Why level downward to our dullest perception always, and praise that as common sense?
  为什么我们时常降低我们的智力到了愚笨的程度，而又去赞美它为常识？
• The hottest area of expansion is also, tellingly, the dullest: transaction services.
  最适宜扩张的领域也包括了交易服务，很有效但是最沉闷无趣。