boring
[5bC:riN]
n.
鉆(孔)
adj.
令人厭煩的
boring
bor.ing
AHD:[b?r“?ng, b?r“-]
D.J.[6b%8ri0, 6bour-]
K.K.[6b%r!0, 6bor-]
adj.（形容詞）
Uninteresting and tiresome; dull.
無聊的：無趣的和令人厭煩的；單調沈悶的
bor“ingly
adv.（副詞）
bor“ingness
n.（名詞）
boring， monotonous， tedious， irksome， tiresome， humdrum
These adjectives refer to what is so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness.
這些形容詞都指缺乏趣味，令人精神疲倦的。
Boring implies feelings of listlessness and discontent:
Boring 指無精打采和不滿意的感覺：
I had expected the book to be boring, but on the contrary it was fascinating. What is monotonous bores because of lack of variety:
我本以為這本書很乏味，但正好相反，它竟讓人著迷。 表示monotonous 的東西令人厭煩是因為缺少變化：
“There is nothing so desperately monotonous as the sea” (James Russell Lowell).
“沒有東西更象大海壹樣單調到讓人絕望了” （詹姆士·羅素·洛威爾）。
Tedious suggests dull slowness or long-windedness:
Tedious 說明令人乏味的緩慢或漫長的曲折：
When we travel from coast to coast, we take a plane to avoid spending tedious days on the train.
當從壹個海濱旅行到另壹個海濱時，我們乘坐飛機以避免在火車上打發無聊時光。
Irksome describes what is demanding of time and effort and yet is dull and often unrewarding:
Irksome 指需要時間和努力，然而是單調而且通常是沒有回報的：
“I know and feel what an irksome task the writing of long letters is” (Edmund Burke). Something
“我知道也感到寫長信是壹件多麽令人煩惱的任務” （埃德蒙·布克）。
tiresome fatigues because it seems to be interminable or to be marked by unremitting sameness:
tiresome 的東西令人厭倦是因為它看起來無窮無盡或毫無變化：
“What a tiresome being is a man who is fond of talking” (Benjamin Jowett).
“誇誇其談的人多麽令人討厭” （本傑明·喬維特）。
Humdrum refers to what is commonplace, trivial, or unexcitingly routine:
Humdrum 指陳腐、瑣碎和無趣平凡的東西：
She led a humdrum existence—all work and no play.
她過著相當單調的生活——只有工作，沒有玩樂。
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