adj.沒趣的; 令人厭倦(或厭煩)的
v.(尤指因啰唆)使厭煩; 鉆，鑿，挖(長(zhǎng)而深的洞); 盯著看
bore的現(xiàn)在分詞
n.鉆孔; 鉆屑

現(xiàn)在分詞：boring復(fù)數(shù)：borings

牛津詞典

adj.

沒趣的；令人厭倦（或厭煩）的not interesting; making you feel tired and impatient

a boring man惹人煩的人

a boring job/book/evening無(wú)聊的工作 / 書 / 夜晚

柯林斯詞典

ADJ-GRADED 令人厭煩的；無(wú)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.母親們不但得不到報(bào)酬，而且她們做的那些乏味艱苦的工作常常都不為人所注意。

...boring television programmes.無(wú)聊的電視節(jié)目

雙語(yǔ)例句

If we agreed all the time it would be a bit boring, wouldn't it? 如果我們總是意見一致，就會(huì)有點(diǎn)無(wú)趣，對(duì)嗎？

Their work was taken up with boring and blasting rock with gelignite 他們的工作是用葛里***炸石頭，非?？菰?。

Not only are mothers not paid but also most of their boring or difficult work is unnoticed. 母親們不但得不到報(bào)酬，而且她們做的那些乏味艱苦的工作常常都不為人所注意。

Exercising alone can be boring 獨(dú)自鍛煉會(huì)很枯燥。

At work, he was chained to a system of boring meetings. 上班時(shí)，他淹沒在枯燥乏味的會(huì)海中。

She might be a little common at times, but she was certainly not boring. 她有時(shí)候可能有點(diǎn)粗俗，但絕對(duì)不會(huì)讓人生厭。

Their lack of qualifications condemned them to a lifetime of boring, usually poorly-paid work 沒有學(xué)歷使他們一輩子都得從事枯燥乏味而且通常報(bào)酬很低的工作。

His poems sound dead boring, actually 實(shí)際上，他的詩(shī)聽起來非常乏味。

A lot of the work was very dry and boring in Westminster. 威斯敏斯特的許多工作非?？菰餆o(wú)味令人厭煩。

I felt she found me boring and dull 我覺得她認(rèn)為我既無(wú)趣又沉悶。

We all need the occasional escape route from the boring, routine aspects of our lives 我們都時(shí)不時(shí)需要逃避生活中的無(wú)聊和平淡。

All he ever does is discuss the same boring list of medications. 他就會(huì)翻來覆去討論同一個(gè)無(wú)聊的藥品單。

I find most of the young men of my own age so boring 我覺得和我同齡的年輕人大多都很無(wú)聊。

He will complain about having to spend time with such a boring bunch of geriatrics. 得跟這么一群無(wú)聊的老家伙呆在一起，他會(huì)滿腹牢騷的。

Their work is hard and unglamorous, and most people would find it boring. 他們的工作又累又平淡，多數(shù)人會(huì)認(rèn)為很乏味。

This kind of humour is infantile and boring. 這種幽默既幼稚又無(wú)聊。

Poems which had seemed dull and boring suddenly came to life. 原本顯得沉悶枯燥的詩(shī)歌突然有了生氣。

Future generations are going to think that we were a pretty boring lot. 未來幾代人會(huì)覺得我們無(wú)趣乏味得很。

Walking exercise may be boring at times but early on a clear sunny morning there can be nothing finer. 有時(shí)候散步這種鍛煉方式也許會(huì)比較枯燥，但若是在一個(gè)陽(yáng)光明媚的清晨，還有什么比這更愜意的呢。

I'm just a very ordinary, boring normal guy 我只是一個(gè)頗為平庸無(wú)趣的普通人。

Fruit-picking is boring, badly paid and very hard work. 摘水果的工作無(wú)聊，報(bào)酬低，還非常辛苦。

Here I am boring you with my reminiscences. 我要拿舊事來煩你了。

Don't be faint-hearted when things seem a bit slow or boring 事情變得有點(diǎn)沉悶無(wú)聊的時(shí)候，不要膽怯。

Quite a few have committed social *** by writing their boring memoirs 有一些人因?yàn)閷懩切┛菰餆o(wú)味的回憶錄而毀了自己的社會(huì)形象。

The aim was not to take up valuable time with the usual boring pictures. 目的在于不要用常見的無(wú)聊圖片占用寶貴時(shí)間。

They have to tread the delicate path between informing children and boring them 他們既要讓孩子們了解情況，又不能讓他們產(chǎn)生厭煩情緒，不得不小心把握分寸。

He used to make extremely dull, turgid and frankly boring speeches 他過去常作些極其乏味、晦澀難懂而且令人非常厭煩的演講。

Usually, the work is boring 這項(xiàng)工作通?？菰锓ξ?。

The family has been described variously as crass, bigoted, racist and plain boring. 人們對(duì)這家人有各種不同的評(píng)價(jià)：愚蠢、頑固、有種族偏見和無(wú)聊透頂，不一而足。

The summer days wore on and life returned to its boring routine. 夏天的時(shí)光已經(jīng)流逝，生活又恢復(fù)了昔日的無(wú)聊。

同義詞辨析

boringariddrearydrydullmonotonous【導(dǎo)航詞義：乏味的，無(wú)聊的】

boring adj. 令人厭煩的；乏味的，無(wú)聊的

〔辨析〕普通用詞，指某事物或某人因毫無(wú)趣味、吸引力而讓人感到乏味的、無(wú)聊的。

〔例證〕The lesson was long and boring.這一課又臭又長(zhǎng)。The job is boring.這項(xiàng)工作枯燥乏味。He was a boring nuisance!他這人真討厭！

arid adj. 無(wú)新意的，無(wú)趣的

〔辨析〕指某事物毫無(wú)趣味的，也指缺乏令人心動(dòng)的特征或品質(zhì)的。

〔例證〕arid scientific studies枯燥的科學(xué)研究The audience soon grew tired of his arid speech.沒多久聽眾就對(duì)他枯燥無(wú)味的演說感到厭煩了。

dreary adj. 〈文〉沉悶的，令人生厭的

〔辨析〕指事物了無(wú)趣味、使人感到厭煩或沮喪的。

〔例證〕dreary work乏味的工作He is tired of the politician's dreary speech.他厭倦了那個(gè)政客的枯燥演講。

dry adj. 干巴巴的，枯燥乏味的

〔辨析〕指書籍、講話、話題等干巴巴的、生硬的、缺乏幽默的，有時(shí)含貶義。

〔例證〕a dry debate on diplomatic policies關(guān)于外交政策的乏味辯論A book full of figures is rather dry.一本滿是數(shù)據(jù)的書讀起來很枯燥乏味。

dull adj. 乏味的，無(wú)趣的

〔辨析〕作此義解時(shí)，通常只能用來形容事物，指因缺乏新鮮感、吸引力而顯得乏味、沉悶的。

〔例證〕He doesn't believe that it will be a dull party.他認(rèn)為那不會(huì)是一次乏味的聚會(huì)。This book is rather dull.這本書很枯燥。

monotonous adj. 單調(diào)的，乏味的

〔辨析〕指沒有變化、重復(fù)單調(diào)的。

〔例證〕a monotonous job/voice單調(diào)的工作/聲音It is one of the most monotonous sounds of the spring.這是春天里最單調(diào)的聲音之一。