dull, bored, boring
这几个词的词意有区别:boring是bore的现在分词转化成的形容词,表示“令人厌烦的”,主语可以是人,也可以是物; bored是bore的过去分词转化成的形容词,表示“感到厌倦的”,主语通常是人; dull指物意为“乏味的,无趣的”,指人意为“愚笨的,迟钝的”。
dull，tedious，monotonous，dreary
这些形容词均表示“单调的、乏味的、厌烦的”之意。
dull指缺乏新鲜、吸引力或情趣而显得乏味、沉闷。
tedious侧重指文章、演讲、演出等冗长乏味或环境等单调、沉闷，缺乏活力，使感到不舒服。
monotonous指没有变化、重复单调的。
dreary侧重无趣味的，不活泼的事或思想状态。
There was a dull red glow in the night sky above the steelworks.
夜晚炼钢厂的上空闪着暗红色的光.
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All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
[谚]只学习,不玩耍,聪明孩子也变傻.
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Broadcast news was accurate and reliable but deadly dull.
新闻广播准确可靠但却非常枯燥。
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Perhaps his nerve is naturally too dull to admit of any excitation.
大概他的神经天生就很迟钝以至不容有任何刺激的余地.
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The pain, usually a dull ache, gets worse with exercise.
通常不明显的疼痛在运动后会加剧。
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I feel a dull ache in the shoulder.
我的肩膀感到隐约疼痛.
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A residue can build up on the hair shaft, leaving the hair limp and dull looking.
残留物会积聚在头发上，使头发看起来软塌塌的，而且毫无光泽。
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The long whining whistle of a shell was followed by the dull boom of the explosion.
在炮弹长长的哀鸣声呼啸而过之后是隆隆而低沉的爆炸声。
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After a dull start , It'should brighten up later.
早晨阴天,过会儿就会晴朗.
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His accident with the microphone brought some welcome comic relief to a very dull party.
他撞上了麦克风,这给极沉闷的聚会带来了些欢乐.
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His words provided some comic relief in what was really a dull speech.
他的话给极沉闷的讲话增添了几分轻松的气氛.
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The coffin closed with a dull thud.
棺材合上时发出一声闷响。
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I dare say you're dull at home.
我敢说你在家里感到沉闷无聊.
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The party was so dull that It'switched him off.
聚会单调乏味,使他感到很扫兴.
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His parents were dull and inarticulate.
他的父母亲头脑愚钝又不善说话.
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These houses look exactly like each other, which makes the street look very dull.
这些房屋的外观极为相似, 使整条街道显得十分呆板.
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It is the picture itself that is the problem; so small, so dull. It's a nothing, really.
问题在图片本身;这么小,这么无趣.没什么价值,真的.
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The evidence was read out to the court in a dull monotone.
证据被当庭呆板地宣读了一遍。
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The room is dull.
这个房间很阴暗.
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The audience was dull and very provincial.
观众既呆板又非常守旧。
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Robots can relieve people of dull and repetitive work.
单调重复的工作,机器人可以代劳.
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She found the hospital routine slightly dull.
她感到医院的工作有点枯燥乏味.
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The body's natural rhythms mean we all feel dull and sleepy between 1 and 3pm.
人体生物钟会让我们在下午1点到3点之间感觉没精打采、昏昏欲睡。
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The sky was dull, with a foreboding of rain.
天空灰蒙蒙的, 好像要下雨了.
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Yesterday's programme was rather dull.
昨天的节目比较单调.
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The knife is dull.
那把刀很钝.
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I realized with a kind of dull shock that I didn't recognize a single name.
我暗自一惊，发现一个名字都不认识。
——柯林斯例句
Life won't be dull!
生活绝不会沉闷！
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