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

• Once cars lose speed and power, they become unglamorous everyday tools, like washing machines, and nobody, presumably, derives status from their washing machine.
  一旦汽车失去了速度和超强动力，它们就变成了洗衣机似的单调乏味的日用工具。我想，没人靠洗衣机体现自身社会地位。
• Lunch was a decidedly unglamorous affair.
  午餐绝非令人想望的事情。
• But there are some good guys in the microbial world& bugs that do the unglamorous work of keeping us regular and helping to relieve a range of disorders from diarrhea to irritable bowel syndrome ( IBS).
  实际上在微生物界中有一些好虫子的，它们做着枯燥无聊的工作来维持我们的身体正常运转，还能预防从腹泻到肠道紊乱综合症的病症。
• For decades, iron ore was plentiful, prices were stable and mining the commodity was a monotonous and unglamorous business.
  在长达数十年中，铁矿石储量丰富，价格稳定，开采这种大宗商品是一个单调乏味的行当。
• Even in the exciting, leading-edge world of innovation, unglamorous management basics matter.
  即便在一个激动人心且技术领先的创新世界里，单调的管理学基本原则仍然发挥着重要作用。
• Unglamorous, usually unexciting and normally invisible, the world's financial plumbing is gummed up.
  毫不张扬地，通常是悄无声息地，全球金融流通管道堵塞了。
• Looking back at my first job, even when I was asked to do something seemingly menial, unglamorous, or very difficult, I always went all in.
  回顾我的第一份工作，即便我被要求去做一些看似很卑微、单调或者非常困难的事情时，我也会全力以赴。
• 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。
• 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。
• But the government is still too fond of its grandiose projects and too slow to get unglamorous things right.
  但政府还是太热衷于它的宏伟事业，纠正那些错误的事情的速度太过缓慢。