Imagination raises a man above the humdrum of life.

想象使人从单调无聊的生活中解脱出来。

Or only doing the humdrum part.

或者只做单调的那部分。

It was a narrow, humdrum place.

那是个狭窄、枯燥的地方。

After all, take a more familiar humdrum example.

举个更熟悉的乏味的例子。

They are not buying middle-class, humdrum clothes.

他们买的并不是中产阶级穿的那些单调衣服。

But in the ordinary humdrum case, here I am, my body.

但在最平常的情况下，我就是我的身体。

A year on, their problems seem humdrum, not horrific.

一年过去，它们的问题似乎平淡无奇，一点也不可怕。

Film exhibition was until recently a humdrum business.

直到最近，电影展成为一项无聊的业务。

Amy: You're right, he's a festival of humdrum chitchat.

艾米：你说得对，他果然在进行无聊的饭前寒暄。

Nevada now needs humdrum jobs more than glitzy casinos.

内华达眼下更需要普通的就业岗位而不是光彩夺目的赌场。

Was it a humdrum crime of trying to steal banking details?

这是一种用以盗窃银行数据的普通犯罪活动？

Humdrum office life was briefly interrupted with a little drama.

单调的办公室生活被一场小小的剧目短暂打断了。

Their lives consist of the humdrum activities of everyday existence.

他们的生活由日常生存的平凡活动所构成。

Their life consisted of the humdrum activities of everyday existence.

他们的生活由日常生存的平凡活动所构成。

The accountant said it was the most humdrum day that she had ever passed.

会计师说这是她所度过的最无聊的一天。

The Governor's complaints against "adversaries" and "enemies" were more humdrum.

而佩林州长对于“对手”和“敌人”的抱怨则更为乏味。

Yet the humdrum business of sending discs through the post is still crucial.

但是看似乏味的邮递服务仍然至关重要。

They basically primp and pose through the same humdrum motions they did before.

他们基本就跟之前一样打扮一下，拗拗造型，做做简单动作和脸部表情罢了。

Mr Ganesh's job, issuing Indian visas to Afghans, often for medical treatment, sounds humdrum.

加内甚的工作是发放到阿富汗的印度签证(大部分是医疗签证)，这样的工作听起来十分单调。

Why all the fuss over a firm that focuses on the seemingly humdrum business of storing data?

为什么这样一家看起来没什么大不了的数据贮存公司能引来因此大的收购大战？

Hours before the panic began, there were signs that Thursday was not shaping up to be a humdrum day.

恐慌抛盘开始前数小时，即有信号表明上周四不会是个平凡之日。

What Orpheus does produce are performances that are rarely humdrum, unlike all too many big-name orchestras.

与绝大多数大牌管弦乐团的演奏不同，奥菲斯乐团的表演的确很少给人产生单调乏味之感。

Well, now that you are an international journalist, my job as a secretary seems too humdrum to mention.

你现在是国际新闻记者了，我那单调乏味的秘书工作还有什么好谈的。

Britain's Gatwick and Heathrow are cheapest of all for humdrum stuff like cigarettes, perfume and alcohol.

如果您想买诸如香烟、香水或酒饮等日常用品，英国盖特·维克机场和希斯罗机场将是最佳选择。

They forget what they regard as the humdrum side of business-ensuring that the customer remains a customer.

他们忘记了生意被认为单调的一面是什么——确保顾客仍然还是顾客。

Most of it is humdrum, but occasionally we get something exciting and that's what we're hoping for when we check our email.

大多数邮件都让人乏味，但是当我们在一堆邮件里偶然间发现了一直要找的邮件时会很兴奋。

Making tomato sauce was humdrum domestic work that did not contribute to my goals and, more important, wasn't scheduled.

而做番茄酱只是无聊时做的家务，对我的工作没什么帮助；更重要的是这并不在我的计划之内。

EVEN advocates of the latest Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty between America and Russia admit that it is a humdrum document.

即便是美俄两国中最新战略武器削减条约的支持者也表示，这是个乏味的文件。

In Hollywood, the romantic comedy is well into humdrum middle age. But in China, the genre is still in its honeymoon phase.

在好莱坞，浪漫喜剧早已进入波澜不惊的中年时期。但是在中国，这类影片仍旧处于蜜月期。

It is the gentle yet penetrating lucidity of Mr Eugenides's writing that makes a slightly humdrum plot into so involving a novel.

奥金尼·德斯的作品温和而始终明朗，使得小说中涉及的阴谋稍嫌单调无聊。