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

• 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。
• 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）。
• And these community events help people forget the monotony of everyday life for just a little while.
  群体活动能够帮人们暂时忘却平日单调的生活。
• 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。
• Relieve the monotony of everyday life.
  缓解日常生活的单调状况。
• Here, two-dimensionality may imply Feng Bin's critical attitude toward the monotony of urban life.
  冯斌也许用这样的二维形式暗示他对单调的当代都市生活的批判。
• We have to accept the monotony of work on the assembly line.
  我们不得不忍受装配线工作的单调。
• But between such peaks of challenge and elation there is monotony and despair.
  但在这些挑战与兴奋的巅峰之间是单调与绝望。
• 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。
• Monotony is a reason for some road accidents.
  单调是造成某些交通事故的原因。