单词 | boring |
释义 | boring (bɔːrɪŋ ) adjective A1 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. ...boring television programmes. Synonyms: uninteresting, dull, tedious, dreary boringly adverb [usually ADVERB adjective] B2 The meal itself was not so good–everything was boringly brown including the vegetables. Collocations: boring conversation Frankly, it made for a really boring conversation. Times, Sunday Times You can have some seriously boring conversations about this. Times, Sunday Times We let her listen only to boring music and have boring conversations with scared people. Times, Sunday Times Or people munching apples, rustling crisps or having unbearably boring conversations. The Sun I suspect they have hugely boring conversations. The Sun You don't have a boring life as a footballer. The Sun I live a very, very boring life, to be honest. The Sun He can't lead a boring life for too long. Times, Sunday Times It rises in response to all forms of excitement - so one could equally argue that free-range hens have a less boring life than battery birds. Times, Sunday Times I live a boring life. The Sun It's like the most boring meeting you could ever go to. Times, Sunday Times You sit through a boring meeting. Times, Sunday Times She smiled and the boring meeting continued without incident. Times, Sunday Times In later life he moved on to brainteasers, 'which could be composed in a boring meeting, where chesspieces would be too obvious'. Times, Sunday Times The realities of my career were going to include crowded calendars and boring meetings and dealing with people. Christianity Today It turns boring routine into something challenging and exciting. Christianity Today Ensure you're having fun nights out and not getting into a boring routine. The Sun We have been together for five years but are stuck in a boring routine. The Sun Every day he has the same boring routine. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Don't settle for pointless, boring routines - ring the changes. The Sun He rose and told his guests that rather than make a boring speech he would show them a magic trick that he had learnt. Times, Sunday Times I don't want to give a really boring speech where you just name loads of people, because that's just rubbish. The Sun The story goes that he once delivered a very long and boring speech in parliament. ST It made a light-hearted change from the usual boring speeches from other 'worthy' ex-pupils in previous years. Times, Sunday Times We never stop to consider that boring speeches are not a sign of decadence. Times, Sunday Times Even a boring task like writing out 107 thank-you cards was enjoyable - all because of the memories it triggered. The Sun The novel makes the seemingly boring task of auditing understandable and delves into the hearts of those who make business their life's work. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Do you find yourself daydreaming or being unable to concentrate when performing long, difficult or boring tasks? Times, Sunday Times You've coped with boring tasks and tedious individuals before, usually by doing the minimum or finding a way to turn those situations into something fun. Times, Sunday Times On the morning of day one the volunteers filled in a questionnaire to assess how alert they felt, followed by some boring tasks on a laptop. Times, Sunday Times The photographs make the house appear neither mystical nor alluring, just incredibly boring. Times, Sunday Times If you were to do the same role again and again that would be incredibly boring. Times, Sunday Times Or do they just mean it's incredibly boring and goes on for so long that it seems to defy the concept of linear time? The Sun Other people's dreams are incredibly boring. The Sun That would be incredibly boring. Times, Sunday Times For although her cooking was neither adventurous nor inventive, it was never boring. Times, Sunday Times He had great training programmes, they were never boring. The Sun Always unpredictable and never boring, you never know where they are, or what they are doing — or who with. The Sun Accessories are minimal — you don't need to prove anything with chandelier earrings when you can throw a javelin almost 50 metres — but never boring. Times, Sunday Times It turns out to be provocative, baffling and sometimes stomach turning - but never boring. Times, Sunday Times But that would have been a pretty boring status update. The Sun But for me, the second half was pretty boring because we forgot the basics of the game. The Sun Red carpets must get pretty boring once you've walked hundreds of them. The Sun Giant kings and mystical fish seeds sound pretty boring by comparison. Times, Sunday Times Pretty basic, and pretty boring. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 令人厌烦的 Japanese: 退屈な |
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