单词	monotony
释义	monotonymo‧not‧o‧ny /məˈnɒtəni $ məˈnɑː-/ noun [uncountable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES The monotony of prison life is enough to drive anyone insane. the monotony of the prairie highways The sheer monotony of the work is itself exhausting. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS All masters are by him translated into one monotony of commonplace. Excessive equality makes for cultural uniformity and monotony. For a day or two this tactic was mildly successful, but eventually even Auster began to droop from the monotony. I was glad of the break to get away from the monotony of the orchard with the constant sniping and mortaring. Isabel listened to the sound of Chalon's steady hoofbeats, finding a vague comfort in the monotony of the noise. It's the monotony I don't like - it's repetitive and you have to do the same things each day. Regular movement tends towards monotony, giving the effect of a hymn-tune. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorthe feeling of being bored► boredom · Boredom is one of the main reasons kids get into trouble.boredom of · She could no longer stand the boredom of having nothing to do.sheer boredom (=complete boredom) · Can you imagine the sheer boredom of doing the same job day in, day out for fifty years?out of boredom (=because you are bored) · I sit around all day and eat junk food out of boredom. ► monotony the feeling of being bored because you do the same things all the time, see the same people etc, and never do anything different: monotony of: · The monotony of prison life is enough to drive anyone insane.sheer monotony (=complete monotony): · The sheer monotony of the work is itself exhausting. to try to make a situation less boring► relieve the boredom/monotony · Sometimes she would try out different routes to relieve the monotony of her daily journey.· Harry tried to relieve the boredom by singing and whistling. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► relieve/break the monotony  He suggested a card game to relieve the monotony of the journey. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► break · For many it was something to break up the monotony of camp-life.· No trees or houses broke the monotony of the deserted fields.· My duty was to supply conversation to break up the monotony of the heat-haze on the straight roads through the bush.· Want to break up the monotony.· Thinking, maybe, that it would break the monotony, the tedious spell of the highway.· You know, a little jaunt to break the monotony.· Their original intentions were to break up the monotony of the London dance scene and inject a little humour and imagination. ► relieve · This year's card would relieve the monotony. the quality of being always the same, which makes something boring, especially someone’s life or workmonotony of She wanted to escape the monotony of her everyday life.relieve/break the monotony He suggested a card game to relieve the monotony of the journey.
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