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monotonousness

/muh-not-n-uhs/US // məˈnɒt n əs //UK // (məˈnɒtənəs) //

单调性,单调乏味,单调,单调的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : lacking in variety; tediously unvarying: the monotonous flat scenery.
    • : characterizing a sound continuing on one note.
    • : having very little inflection; limited to a narrow pitch range.

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Examples

  • The monotonous mugginess continues, with lows in the low to mid-70s.

  • Perhaps it was engaging enough in the novels, but its pitiful execution in the monotonous films made it clear from the very start that Team Jacob never stood much of a chance.

  • Saturdays and Sundays in jail are more monotonous and boring than the rest of the week, at least for me.

  • The trip becomes monotonous after the exciting moment of takeoff and the initial curiosity of seeing the earth from the sky.

  • She also recommends trying to retrain yourself to think of down time—whether it’s waiting in line at the grocery store or doing a monotonous chore—not as a waste of your day, but as an opportunity to zone out and relax.

  • His monotonous music is, really, like the audio soundtrack to a k-hole.

  • Desperate for a way out of her monotonous existence Kumiko becomes obsessed with the frazzled tape and plots her journey to Fargo.

  • Has covering fashion started to become a bit monotonous for you?

  • Every robot punch, stab, blast, and crunch is necessary, and the action never grows monotonous.

  • The Superman blockbuster Man of Steel is a monotonous CGI extravaganza devoid of any humanity.

  • It will be no more monotonous than having one's seventh birthday or falling in love for the first time.

  • We resided at Derby in a terrace on the outskirt of the town, much to my dislike, for monotonous rows of houses I have ever hated.

  • At first I used to think the effect of so many people whirling round in the same direction dizzying and monotonous.

  • The opposite side, belonging to Hanover, is as flat and monotonous as the other is beautiful.

  • It was a native melody, but it had the strange, monotonous lilt of Tony's old-Egyptian melody.