dreary的意思

基本释义

• adj 沉闷的，阴沉的

  dull and making you feel sad or bored

例句

1. the same dreary routine

   一成不变的、乏味的日常事务

2. a dreary winter’s day

   沉闷的冬日

3. Addressing envelopes all the time is dreary work.

   老是往信封上写地址是件乏味的工作。

4. It was the dreariest job I had ever done.

   那是我所做过的最沉闷的工作。

5. I'm afraid it's been a dreary instead of a sunny autumn.

   恐怕已是阴郁的秋天，而不是阳光明媚的秋天了。

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英英释义

adj 1. causing dejection e.g. a blue day the dark days of the war a week of rainy depressing weather a disconsolate winter landscape the first dismal dispiriting days of November a dark gloomy day grim rainy weather Synonym: blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear 2. lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise e.g. her drab personality life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas a series of dreary dinner parties Synonym: drab

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