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

• Man candy is a man who is superficially attractive to look at or a man who has an attractive appearance but who may be vapid and lack substance.
  “草包美男”指外表很吸引人的男子；或者徒有迷人外表，但其实很无趣又没有内涵的男子。来看下面这个例子。
• 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。
• But, as Orwell and Mr Havel realised, these vapid expression_rs are not harmless.
  但正如奥威尔和哈维尔认识到的那样，这类索然无味的辞令并非无害。
• His witticism was as sharp as a marble. vapid utterances, remarks, comments, etc
  他的打趣话十分枯燥无味。枯燥无味的话语、言语、评语等
• He did the same thing year by year and found life vapid.
  他每年做着同样的事，觉得生活索然无味。
• 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。
• His conversation was vapid in the extreme.
  他谈话乏味之极。
• 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。
• 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！
• I'm not willing to waste two days arguing with a bunch of vapid schoolgirls.
  我不愿意浪费两天时间跟一帮令人厌烦的女学生争论。