unglamorous

英 [ʌnˈɡlæmərəs]

美 [ʌnˈɡlæmərəs]

adj. 无魅力的; 不刺激的; 枯燥的

BNC.33308 / COCA.25480

牛津词典

adj.

无魅力的；不刺激的；枯燥的
not attractive or exciting; dull
1. an unglamorous job
  乏味的工作

英英释义

adj

not challenging
1. an unglamorous job greasing engines
Synonym:commonplacehumdrumprosaicunglamourous

双语例句

He squeezed working capital, an unglamorous tactic that pays handsomely.
此外，他还压缩了营运资本，这种策略看似平常，却能得到丰厚的回报。
For their roles in Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Burton and Taylor for the first time in their careers dared to appear as unglamorous, disheveled and overweight characters.
在《谁害怕沃基尼娅·伍尔夫》一片中，泰勒和伯顿首次饰演外形不好看又发福的角色。
It is relatively slow, unglamorous and, assuming the rest of the journey is by car, not even environmentally friendly.
渡轮速度相对较慢，单调乏味，一般剩下的旅程还得坐车，渡轮甚至还不环保。
In the former Soviet Union, grapes were grown from Moldova to Tajikistan and transformed into wine with maximum efficiency but minimum attention to quality. Half-made wine, stuffed full of preservatives, was transported to unglamorous bottling plants near the major cities.
在前苏联，葡萄种植区从摩尔多瓦到塔吉克斯坦，这些葡萄通过效益最大化、同时完全无视质量的方式变成了酒。添加大量防腐剂的葡萄酒半成品，被运送到大城市附近乏善可陈的瓶装工厂。
But fundamentally, it performs an unglamorous function in a utilitarian way.
但是基本上，它还是功利性地扮演一个没有趣味的功能角色。
Profit-starved hedge fund managers, best known as masters of the financial universe, are turning to an unlikely place for their next windfall: the unglamorous world of long-only asset management.
享有金融世界主宰者之称的对冲基金经理人因苦于无法获得利润，纷纷转向一个人们意料之外的领域寻找发大财的机会：貌似平淡无奇的单边做多资产管理领域。
Mango is aiming at an unglamorous market, the unbanked.
芒果金融定位于一个单调的市场，即无银行账号的人。
The enterprise side is much less visible and frankly a little unglamorous, but just as important as the consumer side.
相比之下，企业软件市场没有如此引人注目，坦率地说甚至有点乏善可陈，但仍然和消费科技领域同等重要。
An unglamorous job greasing engines.
给机器加润滑油的单调工作。
Germany has belatedly discovered that its sober, solid and deliberately unglamorous leader is really the person calling the shots across the continent.
德国人终于迟钝地发现，他们这位冷静、可靠、故意显得毫无光彩的领导人，实际上是整个欧洲的发号施令者。