詞彙精選:monotonous的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義:
adj.
單調的,無抑揚頓挫的;無變化的,枯燥無味的
例句:
She has a very monotonous voice; she should have it modulated.
她的聲音很單調,應該加以調整。
例句:
The food may get a bit monotonous, but there'll be enough of it.
飯菜可能會有些單一,但管夠。
二、詞義辨析:
dull,tedious,monotonous,dreary
這些形容詞均表示“單調的、乏味的、厭煩的”之意。dull指缺乏鮮明、吸引力或情趣而顯得乏味、沉悶。tedious側重指文章、演講、演出等冗長乏味或環境等單調、沉悶,缺乏活力,使感到不舒服。monotonous指沒有變化、重複單調的。dreary側重無趣味的,不活潑的事或思想狀態。
三、參考例句:
I do not like my monotonous work.
我不喜歡我那單調乏味的工作。
The preacher's monotonous voice put me to sleep.
傳教士單調的聲音催我入眠。
She has a very monotonous voice; she should have it modulated.
她的聲音很單調,應該加以調整。
It was, for example, long thought that the DNA molecules were of monotonous regularity.
長期以來認爲,分子量很大的DNA分子具有嚴格規律性。
The explorer live on a monotonous diet of bean and rice.
探險者靠吃豆子和米飯這些單調的食物爲生。
The explorer lives on a monotonous diet of bean and rice.
探險者靠吃豆子和米飯這些單調的食物爲生。
There seems to be nothing there but languid and monotonous smoke.
那兒似乎什麼都沒有,只有那死氣沉沉的單調的煤煙。
He spoilt the poem by reading it in a monotonous voice.
這首詩在他單調的聲音朗讀下黯然失色。
The same old favourites recur year in year out with monotonous regularity.
一些相同的老嗜好年復一年地以單調的規律重現。
Nevertheless this bird is not so monotonous a singer as he is reputed.
儘管如此,這種鳥的鳴叫也並沒有像人們所說的那樣單調。