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

• Watch some television to add variety to life ( or to break the monotony).
  适当地看看电视，调剂调剂生活。
• 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。
• The end of the boundless desert, the monotony was only the heaven and the earth.
  望不到尽头的荒漠上，单调得只有天和地。
• 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。
• The interval parameter perturbation method and the interval parameter back analysis method are studied, and the interval parameter monotony back analysis method is presented.
  研究了区间参数摄动法和区间参数优化反分析法，提出了区间参数单调性优化反分析法。
• I needed something to break the monotony of my typing job.
  我需要些东西解除打字工作的单调。
• They are tired of the monotony of monogamy, the Wednesday-night-only sex.
  这些女士对千篇一律的一夫一妻制及所谓只在周三晚过性生活感到厌倦。
• 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。
• When heaven sends bounty, it too often sends monotony.
  当上天慷慨恩赐时，它常常也会带来单调。
• They broke up the monotony of the days.
  他们突破了日复一日的单调格局。