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

• 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。
• Nausea: for several days at a time, though vomiting sometimes broke the monotony.
  恶心：数天的时间，虽然有时呕吐打破了乏味（的生活）。
• He lasted for 11 months before the monotony of it got to him.
  他在那里工作了11个月后开始觉得单调乏味。
• The end of the boundless desert, the monotony was only the heaven and the earth.
  望不到尽头的荒漠上，单调得只有天和地。
• They are tired of the monotony of monogamy, the Wednesday-night-only sex.
  这些女士对千篇一律的一夫一妻制及所谓只在周三晚过性生活感到厌倦。
• Watch some television to add variety to life ( or to break the monotony).
  适当地看看电视，调剂调剂生活。
• Extreme monotony and boredom as you drive for hour after hour.
  长时间开车时体验的极端单调无趣。
• She seems so depressed by the monotony and boredom of her city life.
  城市生活的单调和无聊似乎使她非常忧郁。
• 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。
• 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。