monotony

英 [məˈnɒtəni]

美 [məˈnɑːtəni]

n.  单调乏味; 千篇一律

复数：monotonies　

GRETEM8

BNC.15284 / COCA.19859

牛津词典

noun

• 单调乏味；千篇一律
  boring lack of variety
  1. She watches television to relieve the monotony of everyday life.
     她天天靠看电视来解闷儿。

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.
  1. 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。
  2. ...a life of secure monotony.
     单调乏味的安稳生活

英英释义

noun

• constancy of tone or pitch or inflection
• the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety
  1. he had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work
  2. he was sick of the humdrum of his fellow prisoners
  3. he hated the sameness of the food the college served
  Synonym:humdrumsameness

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The monotony of my life here was really starting to weigh me down.
  在这里单调的生活真的开始把我拖垮了。
• 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。
• Slip-shod girls cleaning the windows of the little shops broke the monotony of the street.
  衣衫不整的女孩子在揩抹小店铺的橱窗，这打破了街头的单调。
• After five minutes of this exercise the little prince grew tired of the game's monotony.
  这动作持续做了五分钟，小王子就厌倦这种单调的游戏了。
• 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。
• I work with monotony.
  我工作很单调。
• The rooms are admirably cool and shady after the hot brown monotony of the countryside.
  在乡间经受过持续的暴晒后，房间里显得特别阴凉宜人。