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

• 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。
• I work with monotony.
  我工作很单调。
• 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。
• After five minutes of this exercise the little prince grew tired of the game's monotony.
  这动作持续做了五分钟，小王子就厌倦这种单调的游戏了。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• Monotony is a reason for some road accidents.
  单调是造成某些交通事故的原因。
• 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。