dreary
['driəri]
adj. 沉闷的, 令人沮丧的, 情绪低落的
例句与用法:
You can thank your lucky stars (that) you don't have to go to this dreary reception.
你真走运,不用出席那死气沉沉的招待会。
The otherwise dreary book is enlivened by some very amusing illustrations.
这本枯燥无味的书幸亏加了一些生动有趣的插图才变得活泼起来。
It breads my heart to think of all the money we spent on our son's education and all he wants to do is work in a dreary factory.
想到我们把所有的钱都花在儿子的教育上,而他却所想去一家沉闷的工厂工作,我感到很伤心。
I'm tired of his dreary speech.
我厌倦了他的枯燥无味的演说。
It is very dreary to do the same job everyday.
每天都做同样工作是很单调的。
词形变化:
副词: drearily | 形容词比较级: drearier | 形容词最高级: dreariest | 名词: dreariness |
a.
1. 沉闷的, 阴郁的, 令人沮丧的
It was a dreary day, cold and without sunshine.
那一天天气阴郁, 既冷又没有阳光。
2. 枯燥的, 令人生厌的
Copying manuscripts all the time is dreary work.
老是抄写手稿是件枯燥乏味的差事。
dreary
形容词比较级:drearier
形容词最高级:dreariest
词形变化:
副词: drearily | 形容词比较级: drearier | 形容词最高级: dreariest | 名词: dreariness |
词义辨析:
同义:
a.阴郁的, 令人沮丧的
gloomy
dull
dismal
somber
depressing
disheartening
discouraging
同义参见:
doleful
monotonous
desolate1
dark
funereal
tedious
bleak
black
solemn
grey
dead
colorless
cheerless
dreary['driəri]adj.1.■阴郁的,忧郁的,沉闷的,郁郁寡欢的,闷闷不乐的;凄凉的;令人沮丧的,使人意气消沉的2.■枯燥无味的,单调乏味的,无趣味的;令人生厌(或厌烦)的3.■[古语]悲惨的,痛苦的,悲哀的,悲伤的,忧伤的,伤心的[亦作 drearisome]n.1.■枯燥,乏味,令人厌烦(或讨厌)的人(或作家等)vt.1.■使沉闷;使沮丧,使意气消沉;使枯燥无味:The rainy day drearied the football match.雨天使足球赛变得索然无味。变形adj.drearierdreariest变形n.drearies
drearydreary[ˈdriəri]adj.1.■沉寂的, 凄凉的; 阴郁的2.■沉闷的; 枯燥的3.■[古]悲哀的cheer a dreary mind使忧郁寡欢的心情振作起来a drearyday阴沉的天His speech was dreary.他的讲演枯燥乏味。
词性变化dreary[ˈdriəri]n.1.■可怕[可憎]的人物(多指历史名人)
继承用法drearilyadv.
词性变化drearinessn.drearisome[ˈdrɪərɪsəm]adj.
(drearier, dreariest)
- dull, bleak, and lifeless; depressing
沉闷的,枯燥无味的;阴郁的;无生气的;令人沮丧的
the dreary round of working, eating, and trying to sleep.
工作、吃饭、想办法睡觉这样单调无味的循环。
drearily
adverb
dreariness
noun
语源
- Old English drēorig 'gory, cruel', also 'melancholy', from drēor 'gore', of Germanic origin; related to German traurig 'sorrowful', also to drowsy, and probably to drizzle
dreary
形容词 dreary:
causing dejection
同义词:blue, dark, depressing, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear
lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
同义词:drab
dreary
■"Do you want a diploma without the dreary classes, droning profs and annoying exams?
" “你想文凭,没有沉闷的班, droning老师和恼人的考试” ?
■The Erl King's daughters at that dreary place?
" 魔王的女儿们在那阴郁的角落?
■"Awful," "dreary," and "miserable" are adjectives that many people use to describe their jobs at one time or another.
"糟糕“、”沉闷“、“令人不快”这些形容词许多人时不时会用它们来形容自己的工作。
■A whole year of days would pass fruitlessly in dreary business, like dashes of rain on the window-pane.
一年中每一天都在可憎的生意经中白白蹉跎,像横扫着窗玻璃的雨丝。
■When I think of this rancid butter I see myself standing in a little, old world courtyard, a very smelly. very dreary courtyard.
一想起这变质的奶油我就感觉到自己正站在一个小小的老式院子里,这是一个气味很难闻、很凄凉的院子。
■The weeks passed and the months, the winter came upon her more dreary than she had ever known it.
一星期一星期过去了,一个月一个月接踵消逝;冬天来到她身边,比以往的每个冬季都更枯寂。
■So I stumbled out into dreary snowy Oswiecim.
于是,我踉踉跄跄离开,走近了白雪覆盖着的阴沉凄凉的奥斯威辛。
■The weather is so dreary today.
今天天真阴啊。
■As he made this dreary soliloquy, he had cantered out of Rotten Row into the park.
他一边这么闷闷不乐地自言自语,一边离开了罗登道,来到公园里。
■They have not a dreary commitment to mean ambitions.
他们不去无聊地追求卑鄙的野心。
■They have not a dreary commitment to mean ambitions or love of comfort.
他们不沉溺于可鄙的追名逐利和对舒适的迷恋。
■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。
■They have an air of freedom, and they not a dreary commitment to mean ambitions or love of comfort.
他们无拘无束。既不追逐卑鄙的名利,也不贪图生活的舒适。
■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。
■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, 他们不沉溺于可鄙的追名逐利和对舒适的迷恋。
■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,他们不沉溺于可鄙的追名逐利和对舒适的迷恋。
■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。
■He condemned her to lead a dreary life .
他使她注定要过乏味的生活。
■He condemned her to lead a dreary life.
他使她过着一种凄凉的生活。
■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。
■He wondered how all the dreary scene would have appeared if he had been victorious.
他很想知道,如果他是胜利者,这一派荒凉景色该如何呈现在他的眼睛里。
■He led a miserable and dreary life in old age.
他晚景凄凉。
■What a blank, dreary mind he must have!
他的思想一定是多么空虚乏味!
■His eye rested on Shelton, fanatic and dreary.
他眼光既热情又阴郁地落在谢尔顿身上。
■He struggles in vain to inject some humor into the dreary film.
他试图在这部沉闷的电影中注入一些幽默元素,但是他失败了。
■A dreary rain was falling as Celia's taxi stopped at a dingy six-storey building on Thirty-seventh street.
令人沉闷的细雨中,西莉亚坐的出租车在第五十七号街的一座破旧和肮脏的六层楼前停住了。
■But the romantic within him demanded the exploitation of his sensations, not the dreary and exacting labours of politics.
但是他内心的浪漫主义因素要求他去抒发情感,而不是去从事沉闷而艰苦的政治工作。
■But all I can think of is the tears of loneliness I shed during those dreary years.
但是我能想到的就是,在那些可怕的岁月里我落下的孤独的眼泪。
■But so dreary and solitary and no one sleeps there.
但是非常压抑,没有人睡在这。
■But, whatever the case, there was at least one dreary jail in Turkey.
但是,不管怎么说,土耳其至少还是有一幢监狱是让人无比郁闷的。
■They do not always resist the temptation.Spats over whether or not to honour the Confederate flag crop up with dreary regularity.
但是,谁又能抗拒权利所带来的诱惑,联邦旗帜的荣誉之争出现了令人生厌的规则。
■Both operations failed, and the Italian campaign bogged down to a dreary stalemate.
但这两项行动都以失败而告终。 意大利战争再度陷入一筹莫展的僵局。
■When by our window can we trim the wicks again and talk about this endless, dreary night or rain?
何当共剪西窗烛,却话巴山夜雨时
■Thy fate is the common fate of all,Into each life some rain must fall,Some day smust be dark and dreary.
你命运和人家的一样,每个人一生都得逢上阴雨,有些日子必然阴暗而沉闷。
■Care to inspect the damage? 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。
■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。
■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。
■You can thank your lucky stars that you don't have to go to this dreary reception.
你真走运, 不用出席那死气沉沉的招待会。
■You can thank your lucky stars(that)you don't have to go to this dreary reception.
你真走运,不用出席那死气沉沉的招待会.
■You can thank your lucky stars (that) you don't have to go to this dreary reception.
你真走运,不用出席那死气沉沉的招待会。
■You know in winter time one feels dreary quite alone in the best quarters.
你知道,在冬天,一个人孤零零地住在最好的房子里也会感到无聊。
■You always praise Brighton and you must speak as you find, but I think it's a dreary place.
你老是说布赖顿是个好地方,然而你必须以自己亲身的感受发表意见,但我认为那是一个乏味的地方。
■What do you think of dreary spiritual life?
你认为怎样是心灵枯燥的生活?
■But I still face westward with a dreary moan.
侧身西望常咨嗟。
■August 5 was a gray and dreary Saturday.
八月五日是个灰暗而阴沉的星期六。
■Even if accompanied with dreary day let us smile with teats.
即使阴雨作伴让我们流泪著欢笑。
■We could not stop where we were, to be baked by the sun and eaten up by the mosquitoes, till we died of fever in that dreary marsh.
反正不能停在那儿让太阳把我们烤干或者是喂了蚊子,最终在这个可怕的沼泽地里害热病死去。
■Poor Foker found the dinner at Richmond to be the most dreary entertainment.
可怜的福克觉得,里士满的宴会索然无味。
■Poor Foker found the dinner at Richmond to be the most dreary entertainment upon which every mortal man wasted his guineas.
可怜的福克觉得,里士满的宴会索然无味,没有一个人肯花冤枉钱搞这种名堂。
■But once critics got a look at its dreary pilot, most pegged the show as a seagoing white elephant.
可是评论家看到了乏味的剧情之后,大多把这部剧集称为一只下海的白象。