bland
[blænd]
adj. 温和的, 不油腻的, 引不起兴趣的, 平淡无奇的
例句与用法:
Bland vegetables are often served with a piquant sauce.
清淡的蔬菜常以辛辣的沙司调味。
It must be clearly understood that those bland words amount in many cases to a sentence of death. The Labour Movement should raise a storm of protest.
应该清楚地认识那温和的几句话在许多情况下就等于是说判了死刑。劳工运动应发起声势浩大的抗议。
This cheese is rather bland.
这干酪没什么味道。
He has a bland appearance.
他外表平庸。
词形变化:
副词: blandly | 形容词比较级: blander | 形容词最高级: blandest | 名词: blandness |
a.
1. 和蔼的; 温和的
The friendly salesman had a bland smile.
那个友善的推销员面带和蔼的笑容。
2. 无刺激性的
The sick woman had only bland food.
那个生病的妇人只吃无刺激性的食物。
3. 淡而无味的; 枯燥乏味的
bland stories with little plot
缺乏情节而枯燥乏味的故事
bland
形容词比较级:blander
形容词最高级:blandest
词形变化:
副词: blandly | 形容词比较级: blander | 形容词最高级: blandest | 名词: blandness |
词义辨析:
同义:
a.温和的
smooth
mild
soft
gentle
a.和蔼的
agreeable
polite
同义参见:
boring2
white
tiresome
反义参见:
poignant
bland[blænd]adj.1.■(态度、性情等)温和的;和蔼的,文雅的2.■3.■(气候、风)和煦的,柔和的,温和的4.■(烟、酒等)味淡的5.■(食物等)清淡的,(味道、感觉等)不强烈的,非辛辣的6.■(药物等)无刺激性的,刺激性少的,起镇静作用的7.■乏味的,无吸引力的,平淡无奇的,单调乏味的,淡而无味的,枯燥无味的8.■无生气的,没精打采的,缺乏情趣的;缺乏个性的9.■泰然自若的;无动于衷的,满不在乎的,漠不关心的10.■非感染性的vt.1.■[口语]2.■使变得淡而无味,使变得枯燥无味 (out)3.■除掉…的特性(out)vi.1.■[口语]2.■变得平淡无奇,变得枯燥无味(out)3.■丧失特性 (out)近义词softsuave
blandbland[blænd]adj.1.■(态度等)温和的, 柔和的2.■平淡无味的3.■(药、饮料、空气等)刺激性少的; (烟等)味醇的4.■无动于衷的a bland cough syrup无刺激性的止咳糖浆
继承用法blandlyadv.blandnessn.
adjective
- lacking strong features or characteristics and therefore uninteresting
特点不鲜明的,枯燥乏味的
rebelling against the bland uniformity.
对那种刻板的千篇一律。
■(of food or drink) unseasoned, mild-tasting, or insipid
(食品,饮料)未加调料的,清淡的,无味的
■(of a person or their behaviour) showing no strong emotion; dull and unremarkable
(人或其行为)漠然的;平庸的;索然无味的
his expression was bland and unreadable.
他的表情漠然,叫人猜不透。
blandly
adverb
blandness
noun
语源
- late Middle English (in the sense 'gentle in manner'): from Latin blandus 'soft, smooth'
bland
形容词 bland:
lacking taste or flavor or tang
同义词:flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid
lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting
同义词:flat
smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication - Ezra Pound
bland
■The Briarose Estate Blackwood Cove 2003 is a Bordeaux bland of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc.
2003年布赖亚罗斯庄园黑木湾牌葡萄酒是卡本内苏维浓、美洛和卡本内弗朗克的波尔多品牌。
■The Cinderella danced by Brianne Bland was not only lovely in her careful movements.She was also emotionally believable as an actress.
Brianne Bland 扮演的灰姑娘不仅动作优美,她也用表演折服了观众。
■Malfoy watches him for a few moments with a bland expression, then abruptly laughs. "You know, it's amazing what I can get away with just by pleading amnesia.
Malfoy面无表情的看了他一阵儿,然后突然笑了起来。“你知道么,拿健忘症当借口真是一剂万能药,这真是奇妙。
■"If their dreams were bland," Cartwright says, "they hadn't started to work through their emotions and deal with the divorce.
“如果他们的梦是乏味的,”卡特赖特说,“他们的情感无法很好地开始工作,并处理离婚。”
■A bland little drama.
一个乏味的小剧
■He had been accustomed to bathe in that bland sea and to take long walks among the pleasant vineyards, but little by little, grudging the time, he ceased to do so.
一开始他也 常到温和的海水中去洗澡,不时在可爱的葡萄园之间散步。 但由于舍不得时 间,渐渐地他不再下海,也不再散步了。
■The conversation, the Asahi beer and warm sake in the bar compensated for the bland food on board.
一路呆在暖和的酒吧里聊天和畅饮朝日啤酒,可以算作对船上乏味伙食的补偿。
■BUS pulls up, the doors are flung open and suddenly a quiet bland warehouse in a Sydney industrial suburb is temporarily open for business.
一辆公共汽车停下来,车门猛地被打开,悉尼工业市郊一个寂静的仓库突然变成了临时商业区。
■The game was a little bland in the first half, while in the second we managed to make the difference, pressing harder and denying Verona space.
上半时很沉闷,下半时尤文有所改观,占据了主动。我们给对手制造了更大的困难,压缩他们发挥的空间。
■Unlike those sugary and calorie-heavy sports drinks, this super-concentrated drink mix helps you turn at least 16 fl. oz. of boring, bland water into a raspberry taste sensation.
不同于那多糖、高卡路里的运动饮料,这一款超浓缩的饮品可以帮助你把16盎司的无味的纯水变成蓝莓口味。
■A bland diet.
不油腻的饮食
■Mathematics, which is strict and bland, has something in common in varous of aspects with art which abounds with creation and imagination.
严格和冷漠的数学在许多方面跟富有创造和想象的艺术具有共同之处。
■China's censors are as prudish and culturally conservative as they are politically repressive, preferring bland family fare from overseas.
中国的电影审查制度相当严格,在文化上过分保守,一如中国在政治上施加的压制,相比而言,他们更喜欢温和的亲情式舶来品。
■In the United States after World War II, many writers, in opposition to what they perceived as the bland flattening-out of cultural life, made their subject the things that set Americans apart from one another.
二战后的美国,很多作家都反对文化生活平淡的感觉,这种感觉使他们的作品成为导致美国人远离其他人的东西。
■I wrote a bland, ugly, boring, tasteless 3.8 paragraph paper.
于是我就写了一篇空洞的、难看的、枯燥无味的、让我自己大倒胃口的3-8式文章。
■The myriad of colors that autumn treats us to makes the greens of spring and summer and the cold white of winter seem devastatingly bland.
人为过往的悔而梦,为过往的美而梦,年复一年,来美近三十个年头。
■People tend to think of English food at bland, but, in fact, the pilgrims used many spices, including cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, pepper, and dried fruit, in sauces for meats.
人们一般认为英国菜乏味,但事实上,当时的清教徒做菜会用许多香料作调料,比如在做肉的沙司里加肉桂、姜、蔻、菽、饯。
■Without ups and downs, our life will be dull and bland, so enjoy your fights while you can.
人生不如意事十常八九,没有些风雨,相信人生一定会颇沉闷,尽情享受一下吵嘴的情趣吧!
■You might say 'I don't like rice on its own - it's a bit bland.
仅仅吃米饭,自然是没有什么味道了。
■This day does not have to be bland and indistinguishable from all the others. Because you are here to make it special.
今天不会是乏味平淡的,因为你会让今天很特别。
■Basically, CGI is limited to bland HTML-based forms.
从根本上讲,CGI受限于乏味的HTML格式。
■Never matures as a dimensional character; he is pasty, bland, faceless.
他从没有成长为一个性格健全的人;他脸色苍白,冷漠而没有表情。
■They became silent, their faces clouding over, their features becoming soft and negative, their eyes bland and deceptive.
他们不响了,脸色阴沉了下来,表情显然模糊,冷淡,眼神变得呆滞而难以捉摸。
■He denied with bland effrontery.
他和颜悦色地厚着脸皮把一切都赖掉了。
■He eats bland food because of his stomach trouble.
他因胃病而吃清淡的食物。
■He has a bland appearance.
他外表平庸。
■You find him quite bland and urbane toward the people who would not listen to him.
他对于不听从训导的人总是和颜悦色、彬彬有礼。
■He came forward with such a bland, engaging smile.
他带着一副殷勤的、动人的笑容,走向前来。
■He prescribed a bland and boring diet; the Graham cracker, in fact, is a sweetened version of his invention.
他开出了一个单调的食谱:格拉汉饼干,事实上,这是他发明的一种甜食。
■He eats only bland food because of his ulcer.
他患溃疡,只能吃无刺激性的食物。
■Ordered curry as a departure from his usual bland diet.
他没有点通常吃的淡而无味的食品,而要了咖哩食品
■Now, he says, the church is run by corporate types, not theologians, and its teachings have become simple and bland, “like people dancing the polka”.
他说,如今教会是由企业类组织而不是由神学家来管理,其教义已经变得简单而平淡,“就像跳波尔卡舞的那些人一样”。
■Jaguars now outshine “increasingly bland German products”, he maintains.
他还认为比起“日趋平凡的德国汽车”,目前捷豹是大放异彩。
■He said this with his face expanding in a bland smile.
他这样说着,脸上绽开了温和的笑容。
■His brown face was bland and his mouth, red lipped, clear cut as a woman's, frankly sensual, smiled carelessly as he lifted her into the carriage.
他那褐色的脸膛是温和的,而那张嘴,那张唇红齿白、像女人的嘴一样轮廓鲜明富于肉感的嘴,当他搀扶她上马车时,更浮出随随便便的微笑,动人极了。
■After the meeting, a bland statement was issued.
会后发布了一条乏味的声明。
■Few of the great creators have bland personalities. They are cantankerous egotists, the kind of men who are unwelcome in the modern corporation.
伟大的创作家很少具有温和的个性。他们是不易相处的自我主义者,是现代企业中不受欢迎的一群。
■His reply to the question was just a string of bland generalities.
作出的回答只是一连串空洞的概论而已。
■You use generalization or abstract language, seldom including personal details and comments. While the piece may be correct, it lacks the personal touch. The voice seems bland, careful, a little flat, and not very interesting.
你不是笼统概括就是使用抽象语言,很少提出你个人的分析评论。文章可能正确无误,可是缺乏你个人的特色。调子显得平淡无奇,过于拘谨,较为单调乏味,不能引人入胜。
■Can you savored the bland soup with salt?
你能不能将淡汤加盐调味?
■The only problem with this image of corporate bliss is that it is so bland.
公司幸福形象仅有的问题是它太温和了。
■The result has been a profusion of bland slogans that have come to stand for sustainable development and a greener approach to growth.
其结果是,中国政府推出了大量空泛的口号,支持可持续发展和更环保的增长模式。
■Use the optics magnifier and the bland ray of luminescence to observe the skin veins clearly ,it is a useful tools or beautification,tattoo and eyebrow embroidery.
利用光学放大镜的放大功能和冷光灯管的柔和光线,更清晰地观察皮肤的纹理,令问题肌肤的状况明晰化,是美容,文绣的得力工具
■The doctor said you should try to avoid greasy food and have a bland diet these two days.
医生说这两天你最好不要吃油腻的东西,吃一些清淡的食物。
■It's a world away from the state-owned restaurants that defined Beijing dining as recently as a decade ago, with contemptuous staff and bland, greasy fare.
十年前,北京的餐馆大多还是国营性质,服务员态度恶劣,菜肴油腻,口味乏善可陈。
■Other times the specifics are buried under a thick layer of marketese and bland slogans.
另外有些时候,这些关于产品的细节特性被淹没在众多的网站信息和庸俗的口号中。
■Some type of bland soap and warm water may be used for initial cleaning.
可用某种刺激性小的肥皂和温水进行初期清洗。
■The bland food help the children realize how lucky they are.
吃著淡而无味的食物,孩子能够了解他们有多幸福。
■Uniform ads across territories are often criticised for being bland and soulless.
各地使用统一的广告片经常被批评为乏味、没有灵魂。
■A bland smile.
和蔼的笑容