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

• 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。
• 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。
• Slip-shod girls cleaning the windows of the little shops broke the monotony of the street.
  衣衫不整的女孩子在揩抹小店铺的橱窗，这打破了街头的单调。
• At present, the monotony and limitation of the major affairs of accountant office restrict its development.
  目前我国会计师事务所主要从事审计业务，业务的单一性和局限性制约了事务所的发展。
• The warmth of the room and the monotony of the speaker's voice grew soporific.
  房间里的热气和发言人单调的声音让人昏昏欲睡。
• I work with monotony.
  我工作很单调。
• The rooms are admirably cool and shady after the hot brown monotony of the countryside.
  在乡间经受过持续的暴晒后，房间里显得特别阴凉宜人。
• Some claim jogging is thought conducive; others insist the scenery relieves the monotony.
  有些人宣称跑步有助于思考，另一些人则坚信沿途的风光缓解了跑步的单调。
• This is a good way to develop new interests, and friends and to break up the monotony of everyday life.
  休息一下，对发展新的兴趣，结交朋友和打破每天的单调生活很有好处，这是个不错的方法。
• 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。