monotony
英 [məˈnɒtəni]
美 [məˈnɑːtəni]
n. 单调乏味; 千篇一律
复数:monotonies
BNC.15284 / COCA.19859
牛津词典
noun
- 单调乏味;千篇一律
boring lack of variety- She watches television to relieve the monotony of everyday life.
她天天靠看电视来解闷儿。
- She watches television to relieve the monotony of everyday life.
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.- 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。 - ...a life of secure monotony.
单调乏味的安稳生活
- A night on the town may help to break the monotony of the week.
英英释义
noun
- constancy of tone or pitch or inflection
- the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety
- he had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work
- he was sick of the humdrum of his fellow prisoners
- he hated the sameness of the food the college served
双语例句
- 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。 - This is a good way to develop new interests, and friends and to break up the monotony of everyday life.
休息一下,对发展新的兴趣,结交朋友和打破每天的单调生活很有好处,这是个不错的方法。 - Rocky mesas, canyons and arroyos break up the monotony of kilometers of shifting dunes.
多岩石的平地、峡谷和干枯的河道截断了绵延几千公里的单调的黄褐色地表。 - Watch some television to add variety to life ( or to break the monotony).
适当地看看电视,调剂调剂生活。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - At present, the monotony and limitation of the major affairs of accountant office restrict its development.
目前我国会计师事务所主要从事审计业务,业务的单一性和局限性制约了事务所的发展。 - When heaven sends bounty, it too often sends monotony.
当上天慷慨恩赐时,它常常也会带来单调。 - Nausea: for several days at a time, though vomiting sometimes broke the monotony.
恶心:数天的时间,虽然有时呕吐打破了乏味(的生活)。