音标:[ˈdriəriə] ;
a. 使人闷闷不乐或沮丧的( dreary的比较级 ); 阴沉的; 令人厌烦的; 单调的
s. lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
s. causing dejection

dreary的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. By day the monotonous hours wore on in the same heavy, hashed manner as on that first dreary afternoon.在白天,那沉闷的时刻,就和第一个凄凉的下午一样,忧郁寂寞地度过。
  2. Its yellow ambiguous stripes and dreary sky are homologous, which makes the world harmonious.它背上灰黄斑驳的花纹,跟沉闷的天空遥遥相应,造成和谐的色调。
  3. Hurstwood's dreary state made its beauty become more and more vivid.赫斯渥那令人沮丧的处境使得这些情景更加美丽迷人。

常见句型

用作形容词(adj.)
用作定语~+ n.
  1. Addressing envelopes all the time is dreary work.老是往信封上写地址是件乏味的工作。
  2. It was the dreariest job I had ever done.那是我所做过的最沉闷的工作。
  3. I'm afraid it's been a dreary instead of a sunny autumn.恐怕已是阴郁的秋天,而不是阳光明媚的秋天了。

经典引文

  • A dreary speech by a dreary orator.

    出自:Oxford English Dictionary
  • The dreary yard with its rubbish heaps, and the backs of more slums.

    出自:D. M. Thomas
【近义词】

When Edward Temple was about eight or nine years old he was afflicted with a disorder of the eyes. It was so severe, and his sight was naturally so delicate, that the surgeon felt some apprehensions lest the boy should become totally blind. He theref

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