unimaginative

英 [ˌʌnɪˈmædʒɪnətɪv]

美 [ˌʌnɪˈmædʒɪnətɪv]

adj.  无创意的; 缺乏想象力的

BNC.18532 / COCA.24952

牛津词典

adj.

• 无创意的；缺乏想象力的
  lacking in original or new ideas
  1. an unimaginative solution to a problem
     毫无创意的解决方法
  2. a boring unimaginative man
     一个乏味、没有想象力的男人

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 缺乏想象力的；刻板的
  If you describe someone asunimaginative, you are criticizing them because they do not think of new methods or things to do.
  1. Her second husband was a steady, unimaginative, corporate lawyer.
     她的第二任丈夫是一位稳重、刻板的公司法律师。
  2. ...unimaginative teachers.
     缺乏想象力的老师
• ADJ-GRADED 乏味的；无吸引力的
  If you describe something asunimaginative, you mean that it is boring or unattractive because very little imagination or effort has been used on it.
  1. ...unimaginative food...
     毫无吸引力的饭菜
  2. Film critics called it a monumentally unimaginative movie.
     影评人称其为一部极度乏味的电影。

英英释义

adj

• lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality
  1. stereotyped phrases of condolence
  2. even his profanity was unimaginative
  Synonym:stereotypedstereotypicstereotypical
• deficient in originality or creativity
  1. a sterile ideology lacking in originality
  2. unimaginative development of a musical theme
  3. uninspired writing
  Synonym:sterileuninspireduninventive
• dealing only with concrete facts

双语例句

• But to paraphrase the great social thinker Jane Jacobs, only an unimaginative man would think he could dictate the definitive solution to such problems, and only an arrogant man would want to.
  然而，我们可以这样概括伟大的社会思想家简·雅各布斯（JaneJacobs）的观点：只有缺乏想象力的人，才会认为自己可以对这些问题给出明确的解决方案，而只有傲慢的人才会希望这样做。
• Children who play truant form school are unimaginative.
  参考译文逃学的孩子们都缺乏想像力。
• She was a rather dull unimaginative woman.
  她是个非常沉闷、缺乏想象力的女人。
• 'People who seek stimulation and adventure* they'd be less likely to establish and comfortably maintain a relationship with very traditional, conservative, unimaginative, risk-avoidant individuals,' said Western Carolina psychology department head David McCord.
  西卡罗莱纳大学心理系主任戴维麦科德说：那些寻求刺激和冒险的人不大可能和十分传统、保守、缺乏想象力、不愿冒险的人确立并轻松地维持恋情关系。
• Characteristic or suggestive of an institution especially in being uniform or dull or unimaginative.
  具有制度的特点或者令人想起制度，特别是具有正式、沉闷或者没有想象力的特点。
• Film critics called it a monumentally unimaginative movie.
  影评人称其为一部极度乏味的电影。
• Many of the national pavilions are lacklustre and unimaginative by comparison.
  相比之下，许多国家展馆显得缺乏生气和想象力。
• This year's Festival program was disappointingly unimaginative.
  今年的节日晚会缺乏创造力，很令人失望。
• Unimaginative development of a musical theme; uninspired writing.
  对音乐主题的平庸无味的展开；平凡无趣的作品。
• The newspaper called the plan timid and unimaginative.
  该报称这一计划谨小慎微，毫无想象力。