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

• They broke up the monotony of the days.
  他们突破了日复一日的单调格局。
• He lasted for 11 months before the monotony of it got to him.
  他在那里工作了11个月后开始觉得单调乏味。
• 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。
• She seems so depressed by the monotony and boredom of her city life.
  城市生活的单调和无聊似乎使她非常忧郁。
• 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。
• Monotony is a reason for some road accidents.
  单调是造成某些交通事故的原因。
• 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）。
• The radio relieves the monotony of everyday life.
  收音机缓解了我们日常生活的单调状况。
• 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。
• 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。