单词 | routine-ridden |
释义 | > as lemmasroutine-ridden Instrumental, as routine-bound, routine-governed, routine-ridden, routine-sodden, etc., adjs. ΚΠ 1857 Merry's Museum & Parley's Mag. 33 45/1 He couldn't..have introduced a more genial, cosy arrangement into the routine-ridden, war-wasted year. 1865 Daily News 7 Mar. 5/4 The dazzling effect of Bonaparte's victories over the old fashioned routine-bound armies of Germany. 1882 Cent. Mag. Jan. 347/1 The first two weeks seemed to make his old regular, routine-governed life a thing of the far past. 1920 Chambers's Jrnl. 19 June 453/2 Routine-chained staffs worked on into the night. 1920 Contemp. Rev. June 866 The Soviet authority had to destroy everything in this department—the laws themselves, the routine-sodden institutions. 1964 M. McLuhan Understanding Media x. 103 The need for advanced knowledge presses on the spirits of the most routine-ridden minds. 2006 Tel.-Herald (Dubuque, Iowa) (Nexis) 12 Feb. a1 It was hard work. Hot work. Routine-ridden. Mind-numbing. < as lemmas |
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