a long and dreary journey on the train
火车上漫长而乏味的旅程
牛津词典
a dreary film
枯燥无味的影片
牛津词典
a dreary winter's day
阴沉的冬日
牛津词典
They live such dreary lives.
他们的生活如此乏味！
...a dreary little town in the Midwest...
位于中西部的沉闷的小镇
Nowadays, dreary old comprehensibility is still very much around.
如今, 令人生厌的容易理解的老派作品还是很多.
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Life in peacetime Britain was grey threadbare dreary and hopeless.
和平时期英国的生活是灰色、乏味、沉闷并且无望的.
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His speech was dreary.
他的讲演枯燥乏味.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
Copying manuscripts all the time is dreary work.
老是抄写手稿是件枯燥乏味的差事.
辞典例句
They have not a dreary commitment to mean ambitions.
他们不去无聊地追求卑鄙的野心.
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Tis dreary, my raven, this time we spend here tapping toes.
海尔达利:真是无趣啊, 我的乌鸦.我们在此浪费时间抖动脚趾头.
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There never was such a dreary, dismal scene as the formerly cheerful house presented!
这所以前是很欢乐的房子从来没有呈现过这么一幅荒凉阴郁的景象.
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She had had a dreary day of it herself.
她自己已经为此生了一天的闷气.
英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
Such a sight makes him feel dreary and sorrowful.
——这使他感到凄凉、悲裒.
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It is very dreary to do the same job everyday.
每天都做同样工作是很单调的.
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Sundays were dreary days in that wintry season.
在那酷冷严寒的季节,星期天是个悲哀的日子.
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The otherwise dreary book is enlivened by some very amusing illustrations.
这本枯燥乏味的书幸亏加了一些精彩的插图才变得生动有趣.
《简明英汉词典》
I hate these dry, dreary days.
我讨厌干燥沉闷的天气!
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What a dreary discussion. Gloom and doom for years out into the future.
多年沉闷的讨论、沮丧和厄运将来还会有吗?
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Care to inspect the damge ? You're welcome to, but it's a dreary sight.
你想去视察视察被炸的情况 吗 ?欢迎你去, 可是景象很惨.
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They had turned away from the centre of the dreary tobacco town.
他们刚离开那潦倒的烟草镇市中心.
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They have an air of freedom, and they have not a dreary commitment to mean ambitious or love of comfort.
他们有一种自由自在的风度, 他们不沉溺于可鄙的追名逐利和对舒适生活的迷恋.
《用法词典》
They couldn't because they were restricted by the dreary realities of electrical circuits and Bakelite moldings.
他们无法这样,因为受到现实中沉闷的电路和塑料造型的限制.
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He called a cab and was driven through the dreary rain to the North Side.
他叫了辆马车.马车载着他穿过阴沉沉的雨幕驶向北区.
英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
Shamen island is descryibed as a dreary banishment site and as a romantic fairy place.
沙门岛一是悲凉凄惨、令人畏惧的囚犯流放处所“远恶军州”,一是发生美妙浪漫的人神恋爱故事的人间仙境.
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He wrote about thunder, bald tree and dreary moon to express his sadness.
他通过雷电 、 秃树、大月等意象,表现内心的孤寂和压抑.
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They have an air of freedom, and they have not a dreary commitment to mean ambitions or love of comfort.
他们有一种奔放不羁的风度, 他们没有对卑鄙的野心目标的无聊的追逐和对舒适的迷恋.
《用法词典》
Relentlessly her mind travelled on over the dreary interval.
她丝毫不怜悯自己地继续追忆那段阴郁岁月.
辞典例句
"drove through dingy streets"
"the dismal prison twilight"- Charles Dickens
"drab old buildings"
"a dreary mining town"
"gloomy tenements"
"sorry routine that follows on the heels of death"- B.A.Williams
"her drab personality"
"life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas"
"a series of dreary dinner parties"
这些形容词均表示"单调的，乏味的，厌烦的"之意。
