monotony

英 [məˈnɒtəni]

美 [məˈnɑːtəni]

n.  单调乏味; 千篇一律

复数：monotonies　

GRETEM8

BNC.15284 / COCA.19859

牛津词典

noun

• 单调乏味；千篇一律
  boring lack of variety
  1. She watches television to relieve the monotony of everyday life.
     她天天靠看电视来解闷儿。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 单调乏味;无变化;一成不变
  Themonotonyof something is the fact that it never changes and is boring.
  1. A night on the town may help to break the monotony of the week.
     进城住一晚或许有助于消除一周生活的单调。
  2. ...a life of secure monotony.
     单调乏味的安稳生活

英英释义

noun

• constancy of tone or pitch or inflection
• the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety
  1. he had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work
  2. he was sick of the humdrum of his fellow prisoners
  3. he hated the sameness of the food the college served
  Synonym:humdrumsameness

双语例句

• But between such peaks of challenge and elation there is monotony and despair.
  但在这些挑战与兴奋的巅峰之间是单调与绝望。
• Some claim jogging is thought conducive; others insist the scenery relieves the monotony.
  有些人宣称跑步有助于思考，另一些人则坚信沿途的风光缓解了跑步的单调。
• Slip-shod girls cleaning the windows of the little shops broke the monotony of the street.
  衣衫不整的女孩子在揩抹小店铺的橱窗，这打破了街头的单调。
• The end of the boundless desert, the monotony was only the heaven and the earth.
  望不到尽头的荒漠上，单调得只有天和地。
• The interval parameter perturbation method and the interval parameter back analysis method are studied, and the interval parameter monotony back analysis method is presented.
  研究了区间参数摄动法和区间参数优化反分析法，提出了区间参数单调性优化反分析法。
• I needed something to break the monotony of my typing job.
  我需要些东西解除打字工作的单调。
• The warmth of the room and the monotony of the speaker's voice grew soporific.
  房间里的热气和发言人单调的声音让人昏昏欲睡。
• The radio relieves the monotony of everyday life.
  收音机缓解了我们日常生活的单调状况。
• He lasted for 11 months before the monotony of it got to him.
  他在那里工作了11个月后开始觉得单调乏味。
• Here, two-dimensionality may imply Feng Bin's critical attitude toward the monotony of urban life.
  冯斌也许用这样的二维形式暗示他对单调的当代都市生活的批判。