monotony

英 [mə'nɒtəni] 美 [mə'nɑːtəni]

• n. 单调；枯燥；单调无味

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 千篇一律
2. 单调
3. 无变化
4. 无聊
5. 单音
6. 无味
7. 干燥
8. 枯燥无味

英英释义

Noun:

1. 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"
   

2. constancy of tone or pitch or inflection

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. I work with monotony.
   我工作很单调。
2. 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。
3. But the days succeeded each other with despairing monotony.
   一天一天就这样枯燥无味地过去了。
4. The sheer monotony of the job is exhausting.
   工作单调乏味，让人干起来浑身没劲儿。
5. I hate the monotony of work on the assembly line.
   我痛恨在单调无味的流水装配线上工作。

经典引文

• The monotony of this dull waste of grass.

  出自： I. Banks

• The monotony of domestic life bored her.

  出自： R. Thomas

• This shot is so important in billiards that it should be practised to the point of monotony.

  出自： I. Morrison

近反义词

【近义词】

• boredom 无聊
• sameness 千篇一律
• tedium 单调乏味
• dullness 迟钝
• flatness 平坦
• dreariness 沉寂
• deadliness 致命的
• uniformity 一致
• repetitiousness 反复
• predictability 可预见性
• humdrum 单调的

【反义词】

• variety 多样