boring

adj.没趣的; 令人厌倦(或厌烦)的
v.(尤指因啰唆)使厌烦; 钻，凿，挖(长而深的洞); 盯着看
bore的现在分词
n.钻孔; 钻屑

现在分词：boring复数：borings

牛津词典

adj.

没趣的；令人厌倦（或厌烦）的not interesting; making you feel tired and impatient

a boring man惹人烦的人

a boring job/book/evening无聊的工作 / 书 / 夜晚

柯林斯词典

ADJ-GRADED 令人厌烦的；无聊的Someone or something boring is so dull and uninteresting that they make people tired and impatient.Not only are mothers not paid but also most of their boring or difficult work is unnoticed.母亲们不但得不到报酬，而且她们做的那些乏味艰苦的工作常常都不为人所注意。

...boring television programmes.无聊的电视节目

双语例句

If we agreed all the time it would be a bit boring, wouldn't it? 如果我们总是意见一致，就会有点无趣，对吗？

Their work was taken up with boring and blasting rock with gelignite 他们的工作是用葛里炸药炸石头，非常枯燥。

Not only are mothers not paid but also most of their boring or difficult work is unnoticed. 母亲们不但得不到报酬，而且她们做的那些乏味艰苦的工作常常都不为人所注意。

Exercising alone can be boring 独自锻炼会很枯燥。

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。

She might be a little common at times, but she was certainly not boring. 她有时候可能有点粗俗，但绝对不会让人生厌。

Their lack of qualifications condemned them to a lifetime of boring, usually poorly-paid work 没有学历使他们一辈子都得从事枯燥乏味而且通常报酬很低的工作。

His poems sound dead boring, actually 实际上，他的诗听起来非常乏味。

A lot of the work was very dry and boring in Westminster. 威斯敏斯特的许多工作非常枯燥无味令人厌烦。

I felt she found me boring and dull 我觉得她认为我既无趣又沉闷。

We all need the occasional escape route from the boring, routine aspects of our lives 我们都时不时需要逃避生活中的无聊和平淡。

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。

I find most of the young men of my own age so boring 我觉得和我同龄的年轻人大多都很无聊。

He will complain about having to spend time with such a boring bunch of geriatrics. 得跟这么一群无聊的老家伙呆在一起，他会满腹牢骚的。

Their work is hard and unglamorous, and most people would find it boring. 他们的工作又累又平淡，多数人会认为很乏味。

This kind of humour is infantile and boring. 这种幽默既幼稚又无聊。

Poems which had seemed dull and boring suddenly came to life. 原本显得沉闷枯燥的诗歌突然有了生气。

Future generations are going to think that we were a pretty boring lot. 未来几代人会觉得我们无趣乏味得很。

Walking exercise may be boring at times but early on a clear sunny morning there can be nothing finer. 有时候散步这种锻炼方式也许会比较枯燥，但若是在一个阳光明媚的清晨，还有什么比这更惬意的呢。

I'm just a very ordinary, boring normal guy 我只是一个颇为平庸无趣的普通人。

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。

Here I am boring you with my reminiscences. 我要拿旧事来烦你了。

Don't be faint-hearted when things seem a bit slow or boring 事情变得有点沉闷无聊的时候，不要胆怯。

Quite a few have committed social suicide by writing their boring memoirs 有一些人因为写那些枯燥无味的回忆录而毁了自己的社会形象。

The aim was not to take up valuable time with the usual boring pictures. 目的在于不要用常见的无聊图片占用宝贵时间。

They have to tread the delicate path between informing children and boring them 他们既要让孩子们了解情况，又不能让他们产生厌烦情绪，不得不小心把握分寸。

He used to make extremely dull, turgid and frankly boring speeches 他过去常作些极其乏味、晦涩难懂而且令人非常厌烦的演讲。

Usually, the work is boring 这项工作通常枯燥乏味。

The family has been described variously as crass, bigoted, racist and plain boring. 人们对这家人有各种不同的评价：愚蠢、顽固、有种族偏见和无聊透顶，不一而足。

The summer days wore on and life returned to its boring routine. 夏天的时光已经流逝，生活又恢复了昔日的无聊。

同义词辨析

boringariddrearydrydullmonotonous【导航词义：乏味的，无聊的】

boring adj. 令人厌烦的；乏味的，无聊的

〔辨析〕普通用词，指某事物或某人因毫无趣味、吸引力而让人感到乏味的、无聊的。

〔例证〕The lesson was long and boring.这一课又臭又长。The job is boring.这项工作枯燥乏味。He was a boring nuisance!他这人真讨厌！

arid adj. 无新意的，无趣的

〔辨析〕指某事物毫无趣味的，也指缺乏令人心动的特征或品质的。

〔例证〕arid scientific studies枯燥的科学研究The audience soon grew tired of his arid speech.没多久听众就对他枯燥无味的演说感到厌烦了。

dreary adj. 〈文〉沉闷的，令人生厌的

〔辨析〕指事物了无趣味、使人感到厌烦或沮丧的。

〔例证〕dreary work乏味的工作He is tired of the politician's dreary speech.他厌倦了那个政客的枯燥演讲。

dry adj. 干巴巴的，枯燥乏味的

〔辨析〕指书籍、讲话、话题等干巴巴的、生硬的、缺乏幽默的，有时含贬义。

〔例证〕a dry debate on diplomatic policies关于外交政策的乏味辩论A book full of figures is rather dry.一本满是数据的书读起来很枯燥乏味。

dull adj. 乏味的，无趣的

〔辨析〕作此义解时，通常只能用来形容事物，指因缺乏新鲜感、吸引力而显得乏味、沉闷的。

〔例证〕He doesn't believe that it will be a dull party.他认为那不会是一次乏味的聚会。This book is rather dull.这本书很枯燥。

monotonous adj. 单调的，乏味的

〔辨析〕指没有变化、重复单调的。

〔例证〕a monotonous job/voice单调的工作/声音It is one of the most monotonous sounds of the spring.这是春天里最单调的声音之一。

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