vapid

英 [ˈvæpɪd]

美 [ˈvæpɪd]

adj.  乏味的; 枯燥的; 愚蠢的

GRE

BNC.37781 / COCA.26818

牛津词典

adj.

• 乏味的；枯燥的；愚蠢的
  lacking interest or intelligence

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 乏味的;枯燥的;无趣的
  If you describe someone or something asvapid, you are critical of them because they are dull and uninteresting.
  1. ...the Minister's young and rather vapid wife...
     部长年轻无趣的妻子
  2. She made a vapid comment about the weather.
     她对天气作了一番平淡无奇的评论。

英英释义

adj

• lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest
  1. a vapid conversation
  2. a vapid smile
  3. a bunch of vapid schoolgirls
• lacking taste or flavor or tang
  1. a bland diet
  2. insipid hospital food
  3. flavorless supermarket tomatoes
  4. vapid beer
  5. vapid tea
  Synonym:blandflatflavorlessflavourlessinsipidsavorlesssavourless

双语例句

• Ethan loves kung-fu movies, but Joe thinks they are just vapid entertainment.
  伊桑喜欢功夫电影，但乔却认为那是无趣的娱乐。
• I remember bingeing on television when I was a child and having that vapid feeling after watching hours of TV.
  我记得我小时候看电视带来的狂欢以及看了数小时电视之后的索然无味的感觉。
• Make vapid or deprive of spirit.
  使索然无味或变得没精神。
• Their publications were vapid and amateurish.
  他们的出版物枯燥乏味，且外行浅薄。
• A sort of vapid eagerness flitted across Winston's face at the mention of Big Brother.
  提到老大哥，温斯顿的脸上便了无生气地掠过了一丝向往的表情。
• Stable thermal-neutral air conditioning environment actually does harm to people's health by weakening their thermal environment adaptability, and also the dull and stable environment makes people feel vapid and tired.
  稳态的空调环境由于削弱了人体的热适应能力从而影响了人的身体健康，同时单调的稳态环境使人产生了乏味、厌倦的心理。
• They are neither authentic means of creativity, nor vapid carriers of an idea.
  它们既不是创造性的真正手段，也不是空洞的思想承载者。
• I'm so sick of the word "good"; it is so stale and vapid!
  “善”这个词令我十分恶心；它是如此陈腐，如此索然无味！
• A bland diet; insipid hospital food; flavorless supermarket tomatoes; vapid beer; vapid tea.
  不油腻的饮食；无味的医院的食物；无味的超市的番茄；乏味的啤酒；无味的茶。
• American television is full of programmes which, however vapid their content, look spectacular.
  美国电视尽是些内容枯燥乏味、看来蔚为壮观的节目。