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

• The radio relieves the monotony of everyday life.
  收音机缓解了我们日常生活的单调状况。
• At present, the monotony and limitation of the major affairs of accountant office restrict its development.
  目前我国会计师事务所主要从事审计业务，业务的单一性和局限性制约了事务所的发展。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They broke up the monotony of the days.
  他们突破了日复一日的单调格局。
• We have to accept the monotony of work on the assembly line.
  我们不得不忍受装配线工作的单调。
• The end of the boundless desert, the monotony was only the heaven and the earth.
  望不到尽头的荒漠上，单调得只有天和地。
• 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。
• The interval parameter perturbation method and the interval parameter back analysis method are studied, and the interval parameter monotony back analysis method is presented.
  研究了区间参数摄动法和区间参数优化反分析法，提出了区间参数单调性优化反分析法。