boring
- 英式英标[\'bɔrɪŋ]
- 美式音标[\'bɔːrɪŋ]
adj. 无聊的；令人厌烦的
n. 钻孔
v. 钻孔；使厌烦；挖空（bore的ing形式）
n. (Boring)人名；(英、瑞典)博林
英文词源
- boring (adj.)
- mid-15c., "action of piercing," from bore (v.). From 1853 in reference to animals that bore; 1840 in the sense "wearying, causing ennui."
实用例句
- 1. He was criticised for being boring, strait-laced and narrow-minded.
- 他被指无趣乏味，古板守旧，心胸狭窄。
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- 2. At work, he was chained to a system of boring meetings.
- 上班时，他淹没在枯燥乏味的会海中。
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- 3. Obsessives, in any area, are invariably as boring as their hobbies.
- 无论在哪个领域，过分痴迷者都会跟他们的癖好一样令人厌烦。
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- 4. Fruit-picking is boring, badly paid and very hard work.
- 摘水果的工作无聊，报酬低，还非常辛苦。
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- 5. All he ever does is discuss the same boring list of medications.
- 他就会翻来覆去讨论同一个无聊的药品单。
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