boring
英
/ˈbɔːrɪŋ/
美
/ˈbɔːrɪŋ/
adj.
没趣的;令人厌倦(或厌烦)的
v.
(尤指因啰唆)使厌烦;钻，凿，挖(长而深的洞);盯着看
bore的现在分词
n.
钻孔;钻屑
复数： borings
派生词： boringly adv.
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牛津词典
adj.
没趣的；令人厌倦（或厌烦）的
not interesting; making you feel tired and impatient
a boring man
惹人烦的人
a boring job/book/evening
无聊的工作 / 书 / 夜晚
【派生词】boringly adv.
boringly normal
平淡无味
百度翻译对原文进行调整，例句发音部分来自牛津
词语辨析
boring dull tedious uninteresting dry
These words all describe a subject, activity, person or place that is not interesting or exciting. 以上各词均形容课题、活动、人或地方等没意思、乏味。
boring
not interesting; making you feel tired and impatient 指没有趣味的、令人厌倦或厌烦的：
He's such a boring man!
他就是这么一个惹人烦的人！
She found her job very boring.
她觉得自己的工作很无聊。
dull
not interesting or exciting 指枯燥无味的、沉闷的：
Life in a small town could be deadly dull.
小城镇的生活可能会非常没意思。
tedious
lasting or taking too long and not interesting, so that you feel bored and impatient 指冗长的、单调乏味的、令人厌烦的：
The journey soon became tedious.
那次旅行不久就变得乏味起来。
uninteresting
not attracting your interest or attention 指无趣的、无聊的：
The food was dull and uninteresting.
食物单调得很，一点也不吸引人。
dry
boring because it lacks human interest 指干巴巴的、枯燥无味的：
Government reports tend to make dry reading.
政府报告读起来往往枯燥无味。
常用搭配
to be boring / dull / tedious / uninteresting for sb
to find / make sb / sth boring / dull / tedious / uninteresting / dry
to get / become boring / dull / tedious
boring / dull / tedious / uninteresting / dry subjects / books
boring / dull / tedious / uninteresting jobs / work / games
a boring / dull / uninteresting place
a boring / dull man / woman / person
very / extremely / rather / pretty boring / dull / tedious / uninteresting / dry
slightly / a bit boring / dull / tedious / dry
deadly boring / dull
柯林斯词典
boring
频次
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ADJ-GRADED 令人厌烦的；无聊的
Someone or something boring is so dull and uninteresting that they make people tired and impatient.
Not only are mothers not paid but also most of their boring or difficult work is unnoticed.
母亲们不但得不到报酬，而且她们做的那些乏味艰苦的工作常常都不为人所注意。
boringly
The meal itself was not so good — everything was boringly brown including the vegetables.
这顿饭本身就不太好吃。所有的菜都是清一色令人倒胃口的褐色，包括蔬菜。
英英释义
noun
1
the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum
Synonym:
drillingoil production
2
the act of drilling
Synonym:
drilling
adj
1
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
a boring evening with uninteresting people
the deadening effect of some routine tasks
a dull play
his competent but dull performance
a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention
what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burk
tedious days on the train
the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twai
other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome
Synonym:
deadeningdullho-humirksomeslowtedioustiresomewearisome
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双语例句
全部 没趣的 令人厌倦的 使厌烦 钻 凿 挖 钻孔
1
Her husband is about the most Boring person I've ever met.
她丈夫是我见过的最没趣的人。
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After his boring speech for over an hour, the fatuous speaker waited for applause from the audience.
经过一小时多令人厌倦的演讲后，那愚昧的演说者期待着听众的掌声。
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The drill is strong enough to bore through solid rock.
这把钻足以钻透坚固的岩石。
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The title of the essay bore little relation to the contents.
这篇文章的题目与内容很不相符。
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She was good at physics despite the fact that she found it boring.
尽管她认为物理枯燥无味，她却学得很好。
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This comment bore no relationship to the subject of our conversation.
这个意见与我们所谈论的话题毫不相干。
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She found her job very boring.
她觉得自己的工作很无聊。
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He is living proof that not all engineers are boring.
并非所有工程师都缺乏情趣，他就是活生生的例子。
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It was so boring ─ I mean, nothing happened for the first hour!
真是无聊——我是说，一个小时都过去了，什么事儿都没发生。
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As usual, I got landed with all the boring jobs.
所有枯燥乏味的工作都照例落在了我的头上。
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His blue eyes seemed to bore into her.
他的一双蓝眼睛似乎要穿透她。
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The room bore evidence of a struggle.
房间里有搏斗过的痕迹。
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Has he been boring you with his stories about his trip?
他是不是用他旅游的见闻在烦你？
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Many diets fail because they are boring.
许多规定饮食因单调乏味都不奏效。
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David left his boring job to go on a journey of self-discovery.
戴维辞掉了他那份无聊的工作，走上自我发现的道路。
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The letter bore the president's seal.
信上盖有总统的印章。
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She can always be relied on to provide comic relief at a boring party.
在沉闷的聚会上，她总是能搞些笑料调剂气氛。
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Police said the explosion bore all the hallmarks of a terrorist attack.
警方称这次爆炸具有恐怖分子袭击的所有特征。
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A few jokes add leaven to a boring speech.
几句笑话可给枯燥无味的演讲增添活跃的气氛。
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The document bore her signature.
文件上有她的签字。
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I'm not boring you, am I?
我没有让你厌烦吧，是不是？
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She bore him no ill will.
她对他没有恶意。
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His uniform bore the insignia of a captain.
他的制服上有上尉徽章。
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She had to entertain some boring local bigwigs.
她不得不款待当地一些无聊的大人物。
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She bore her misfortunes bravely.
她勇敢地承受不幸的遭遇。
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He has been described as a 'charmless bore' ─ not by me, I hasten to add.
他被说成是“无聊的啰唆鬼”——不是我说的，我赶忙加了一句。
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I find most of the young men of my own age so boring
我觉得和我同龄的年轻人大多都很无聊。
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To be frank, he could also be a bit of a bore
老实说，他有时也会让人厌烦。
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His style is so pedestrian that the book becomes a real bore
他的文风十分平庸，那本书乏味至极。
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Future generations are going to think that we were a pretty boring lot.
未来几代人会觉得我们无趣乏味得很。
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同反义词
同义词
adj.
dulltediousunexcitinguninteresting
反义词
adj.
excitingfuninterestinglively
同义词辨析
boring arid dreary dry dull monotonous 【导航词义：乏味的，无聊的】
boring adj. 令人厌烦的；乏味的，无聊的
〔辨析〕
普通用词，指某事物或某人因毫无趣味、吸引力而让人感到乏味的、无聊的。
〔例证〕
The lesson was long and boring.
这一课又臭又长。
The job is boring.
这项工作枯燥乏味。
He was a boring nuisance!
他这人真讨厌！
arid adj. 无新意的，无趣的
〔辨析〕
指某事物毫无趣味的，也指缺乏令人心动的特征或品质的。
〔例证〕
arid scientific studies
枯燥的科学研究
The audience soon grew tired of his arid speech.
没多久听众就对他枯燥无味的演说感到厌烦了。
dreary adj. [文]沉闷的，令人生厌的
〔辨析〕
指事物了无趣味、使人感到厌烦或沮丧的。
〔例证〕
dreary work
乏味的工作
He is tired of the politician's dreary speech.
他厌倦了那个政客的枯燥演讲。
dry adj. 干巴巴的，枯燥乏味的
〔辨析〕
指书籍、讲话、话题等干巴巴的、生硬的、缺乏幽默的，有时含贬义。
〔例证〕
a dry debate on diplomatic policies
关于外交政策的乏味辩论
A book full of figures is rather dry.
一本满是数据的书读起来很枯燥乏味。
dull adj. 乏味的，无趣的
〔辨析〕
作此义解时，通常只能用来形容事物，指因缺乏新鲜感、吸引力而显得乏味、沉闷的。
〔例证〕
He doesn't believe that it will be a dull party.
他认为那不会是一次乏味的聚会。
This book is rather dull.
这本书很枯燥。
monotonous adj. 单调的，乏味的
〔辨析〕
指没有变化、重复单调的。
〔例证〕
a monotonous job/voice
单调的工作/声音
It is one of the most monotonous sounds of the spring.
这是春天里最单调的声音之一。
