boring

英['bɔːrɪŋ] 美['bɔːrɪŋ]
  • adj. 令人厌烦的;乏味的
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星级词汇:
    adj. (形容词)
    1. 钻孔用的,钻孔的,镗孔的
    2. 令人厌倦的,乏味的,没趣的,无趣的,令人生厌的,令人厌烦的,无聊的,腻人,腻味,叫人听腻的,没意思,枯燥无味,单调的,烦人的
    n. (名词)
    1. 钻孔,穿孔,镗孔
    2. 钻屑,镗屑,镗花,孔屑
    3. 挖洞
    4. 地质钻探,勘探工作
    5. 钻粉
    6. 【矿、地】(钻直孔所得的)土样
    adj. (形容词)
    1. 无趣的,单调的,乏味的 uninteresting; dull; tedious

英英释义

Noun:
  1. the act of drilling

  2. the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum

Adjective:
  1. so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness;

    "a boring evening with uninteresting people"
    "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"
    "a dull play"
    "his competent but dull performance"
    "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"
    "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"
    "tedious days on the train"
    "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"
    "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"

1. He was criticised for being boring, strait-laced and narrow-minded.
他被指无趣乏味,古板守旧,心胸狭窄。

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2. At work, he was chained to a system of boring meetings.
上班时,他淹没在枯燥乏味的会海中。

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3. Obsessives, in any area, are invariably as boring as their hobbies.
无论在哪个领域,过分痴迷者都会跟他们的癖好一样令人厌烦。

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4. Fruit-picking is boring, badly paid and very hard work.
摘水果的工作无聊,报酬低,还非常辛苦。

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5. All he ever does is discuss the same boring list of medications.
他就会翻来覆去讨论同一个无聊的药品单。

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    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. It is awfully boring.
      太叫人厌烦了。
    2. It is boring to listen to the same story.
      听相同的故事是令人厌烦的。
    3. His long boring story made me yawn.
      他的冗长的故事听得我直打呵欠。
    4. He gave a boring speech full of stale jokes.
      他的发言很乏味,满是陈腐的笑话。
    用作形容词 (adj.)
    用作定语 ~+ n.
    1. He is a boring person.
      他是个令人讨厌的人。
    用作表语 S+be+~
    1. Professor Tom's lecture was boring as well as long-winded.
      汤姆教授的讲座冗长且乏味。
    2. His speeches are boring.
      他的演讲令人厌烦。
    S+be+~+(for sb) to- v
    1. It's quite boring for one to be unpunctual.
      一个人不守时是令人讨厌的。
adj. (形容词)
boring, bored, dull
  • 这几个词的词意有区别:boring是bore的现在分词转化成的形容词,表示“令人厌烦的”,主语可以是人,也可以是物; bored是bore的过去分词转化成的形容词,表示“感到厌倦的”,主语通常是人; dull指物意为“乏味的,无趣的”,指人意为“愚笨的,迟钝的”。