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单词 boring
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boringbor‧ing /ˈbɔːrɪŋ/ ●●● S2 adjective Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • a long boring lecture on economic planning
  • He's so boring - all he ever talks about is football.
  • He really is one of the most boring people I've ever met.
  • I don't want some boring job in an office!
  • It's so boring here. I wish we lived in L.A.
  • Most people who see a baseball game for the first time think it's pretty boring.
  • Pam's parents are nice, but they're very boring.
  • The movie was boring.
  • The professor was so boring, hardly anyone came to class.
  • This is such a boring town - there's nothing to do in the evenings.
  • What a boring way to spend an evening!
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Extremely boring job, we just sat there, and did nothing.
  • He found sweeping the floor too boring and manoeuvred himself into a role making electrical control panels.
  • However boring and horrible, she could cope with its drear familiarity.
  • I haven't bothered to explain certain things because, if I had, black people would have found it boring.
  • It was read with awe by generations of students who wondered how he succeeded in making such an interesting topic so boring.
  • Many people doing boring or repetitive jobs deliberately introduce a certain amount of stress to make the routine more exciting.
  • The street might be boring, the neighbourhood wasn't.
  • They can also create boring, frustrating mechanical jobs.
Thesaurus
THESAURUS
not interesting in any way: · a boring speech· He found school incredibly boring.
[not before noun] very ordinary and therefore rather boring. People often use this phrase in everyday English, instead of saying directly that something is boring: · The story wasn’t very interesting.
especially written boring: · The conference was usually a dull affair.· Life was never dull.
very boring and continuing for a long time: · The process was tedious and slow.· Jake began the tedious task of sorting through his papers.
boring and always the same: · The work was monotonous and unchallenging.· He was only half listening to the monotonous voice of the teacher.
rather boring, because it is connected with things you do regularly as part of your daily life: · He busied himself with the mundane task of cleaning the house.· Most arguments are over mundane issues like spending or saving money.
[usually before noun] boring because nothing new or interesting ever happens: · He wanted to escape his humdrum life.· a humdrum existence
a subject, piece of writing etc that is dry is boring because it is very serious and does not contain any humour: · The students complained that the lecture was dry and uninspiring.· a dry academic volume
Longman Language Activatorjobs/books/films/activities etc
something that is boring is not interesting in any way and makes you feel tired and annoyed: · I don't want some boring job in an office!· a long boring lecture on economic planning· What a boring way to spend an evening!· Most people who see a baseball game for the first time think it's pretty boring.
especially spoken very ordinary and not really interesting or enjoyable: · Did you watch that TV show about Prince Charles? It wasn't very interesting, was it?· There was nothing very interesting in the local newspaper - just the usual stuff.
especially written boring because nothing different, interesting, or exciting happens: · We spent a dull afternoon with some of Harold's business associates.· This kind of mindless work can become very dull very quickly.
something that is monotonous is boring because it always continues in the same way and it never changes: · Life on the farm was slow and monotonous.· The teacher's low monotonous voice almost put me to sleep.
something that is tedious is boring and tiring because it continues for too long: · It was one of the most tedious plays I've ever had to sit through.· Doing all those calculations without a computer would be extremely tedious.
stories, books, remarks etc that are banal , are ordinary and uninteresting, especially because they do not contain anything new, exciting, or original: · It was just another banal newspaper story.· I was expecting an interesting interview but he only asked a few banal questions about the weather.
a job, event, or activity that is mundane is boring and ordinary and gives you very little pleasure, especially because you do it every day: · The play is about the mundane existence of factory workers.· My initial job was pretty mundane, but later I was given more responsibility.
if something such as a job, speech, or a piece of writing or music is repetitive , it is boring because parts of it keep repeating again and again: · As children we suffered through schoolwork that was dull and repetitive.· He has some good ideas, but his lectures can get a little repetitive.
something that is uninspiring has nothing exciting or new about it, and makes you feel bored: · The restaurant's dessert selection was somewhat uninspiring.· Both candidates turned in uninspiring performances in last night's debate.
: humdrum existence/life/job one in which nothing interesting or exciting ever happens and nothing changes: · Occasional holidays abroad were the only things that brightened up her otherwise humdrum life.· Going to night school might improve your chances of getting out of that humdrum job.
especially British a job or an experience that is soul-destroying is extremely boring and makes you very unhappy because you feel that you are a useless person and your life has no meaning: · They spend all day sticking paper labels on toy cars - it's soul-destroying.· Going to the unemployment office and having to wait there for hours is a soul-destroying experience.
British informal /put you to sleep American informal if a speech, performance etc sends or puts you to sleep , it is extremely boring so you completely stop paying attention to it and want to sleep: · All his talk about his financial problems just sends me to sleep.· Isn't there anything else to watch? This movie's putting me to sleep.
place
not at all interesting or exciting to live in: · This is such a boring town - there's nothing to do in the evenings.· It's so boring here. I wish we lived in L.A.
a town that is dead is boring because nothing interesting happens, and there is nothing interesting to do: · In summer we get a few visitors, but most of the time this place is dead.· It's absolutely dead here when all the students go away for the summer vacation.
spoken if you say nothing ever happens in a place, you mean nothing interesting or exciting happens there: · Nothing ever happens around here. Why do you like it so much?
a dreary place is one where there is nothing attractive or cheerful to see: · I was living in a dreary apartment in a run-down part of town.· Laurie gazed out over a dreary landscape of factories and parking lots.
buildings and places that are drab are not colourful or interesting to look at: · When I came to Manchester from Brazil everything seemed so drab and colourless.· You enter the drab office building half-expecting it to be abandoned.
: featureless landscape/plain/coast etc a large area of land that has no interesting or unusual features: · It was flat, featureless coastline.· In the middle of these otherwise featureless plains is a striking range of mountains.
person
someone who is boring never says or does anything interesting: · He's so boring - all he ever talks about is football.· The professor was so boring, hardly anyone came to class.· Pam's parents are nice, but they're very boring.
someone who is dull is not unpleasant, but their life and their conversation is never interesting or exciting.: · Our neighbours are OK, I suppose, but they're so dull!· I'm afraid I must seem very dull compared with all those interesting people you meet.
a boring person who talks too much about themselves and about the things that they are interested in: · At parties she always gets stuck with some bore who wants to tell her the story of his life.
to make someone feel bored
to make someone feel bored, especially by talking too much about something they are not interested in: · Am I boring you?bore somebody with something (=bore someone by talking about a particular subject): · He bores everyone with his stories about his girlfriends.bore somebody to death/tears (=make someone very bored): · Being alone with a baby all day bored her to tears.
bored
tired and annoyed, either because you are doing something that you are not interested in, or because you have nothing to do: · Dad, can we go home now? I'm bored!· The game isn't great, but it might provide some amusement for bored teenagers.get bored: · She seems to get bored very easily.bored with: · Kelly gets a new job, and two weeks later he's bored with it.bored with doing something: · Julia soon got bored with lying on the beach.bored to tears/bored to death/bored stiff (=extremely bored) informal: · There's nothing to do here - I'm bored stiff!
especially spoken bored and annoyed with something that has continued for too long: · Her husband's out working all the time, and she's really fed up.fed up with: · I'm fed up with health food - I'm going to have a hamburger.fed up with doing something: · We were all fed up with listening to her complaints the whole time.get fed up: · When you have to stay in and study every night you just get fed up with it.
spoken to feel very annoyed and bored with a situation that has continued for too long, or with a person who has done something for too long: · We're always arguing, and I'm just tired of it.· I'm really sick of him - he's always criticizing me.be tired/sick of doing something: · People are tired of hearing politicians make promises that they never keep.· Do it yourself - I'm sick of cleaning up after you!get tired/sick of (doing) something: · I get tired of eating the same food day after day.be sick and tired of (doing) something: · I'm sick and tired of your whining.
spoken to be so bored with something that has continued for a long time that you decide to leave, do something different, or change the situation: · After 10 years of teaching, Allan has had enough.have had enough of (doing) something: · By January I'd had enough of shoveling snow and decided to take a trip to Mexico.
if someone's eyes glaze over , they look as if they are going to fall asleep, because they are very bored, especially by what someone is telling them: · I could see her eyes were glazing over, so I quickly suggested a break.· When you start talking about important political issues, most people's eyes glaze over.
the feeling of being bored
· 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.
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
· 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.
ways of saying that something becomes boring after a time
if the novelty wears off ,something that was new and interesting for a short time is no longer interesting: · After the novelty wears off, the Internet can be a very dull place.· Once the novelty has worn off, most of these kitchen gadgets just sit in the cupboard, unused for years.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
(=very boring)
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· I suppose it's really just like factory work - just as boring.· She was almost as boring as George.· No-Eyes, bored and truculent, saw the very same things but saw them as boring and limited.· They are as boring as a civil servants' convention, but for armagnac, they are ideal.· In this secondary category falls financial control - seen by many as boring, bureaucratic and uncreative.· But it is highly unlikely that Bertrand found the trip as boring as his song implies.
· After all, the only thing more boring than being dull is being dull and right.· It seemed to her that the world could not possibly contain a more boring room.· I can think of very little more boring than lying on the floor and doing sit-ups and leg lifts every morning.· All they would talk about would be the even more boring Sir Ralph Grunte and the plot to de-select him.· There was nothing more boring than flogging around, looking for something like a bike without lights.· That's fun - nothing is more boring than playing to a metronome.· As the traffic thickened towards the rush hour it got easier, but more boring, to stay fairly close behind him.
· Unfairly, Redditch has been described as the most boring town in Britain, which produces the most boring postcards.· But paperwork is the most boring part of the work of the section police.· Without glamour, diversity, wit and experiment, disco can deteriorate into the most boring music of all time.· We may have the world's most boring aliens, but we do have corn circles, something no one else has got.· Another advantage is that self development is capable of converting even the most boring situation into a learning opportunity.· Everybody said he was the most boring golfer in the world but he was a golfing businessman.· Facing the Tories in what is a most boring and infantile election campaign is an emasculated and barely recognisable Labour party.
· For most people such details might be rather boring, but Robertson makes the narrative come alive through the personalities.· I think that's rather boring.· After a couple of halfhearted bucks he settled and found the whole thing rather boring.· The past two decades of database development have been rather boring.· These are people who believe that everybody has something to say, and who find the idea of consensus rather boring.
· The stuff was either rubbish, or twee, or so boring it made you want to puke.· It was read with awe by generations of students who wondered how he succeeded in making such an interesting topic so boring.· Was that why she found the men in her life all so boring?· For the life of me I can't remember what courses I took - it was so boring.· Line-learning is so boring when you're dead.· Basil never talks when he's painting, and it's so boring.· There was nothing so boring, she thought, as some one who was continually bewailing her lot.
· You know, old posters on the wall, signed photographs and so on. Too boring, really.· He found sweeping the floor too boring and manoeuvred himself into a role making electrical control panels.· Too perfect, and far too boring.· When the Maggot became too boring about football I told him cricketing stories until he shut up.
· The trouble with most biographies and press releases is that they are boring - very, very boring indeed.· Florianópolis is really very boring, you know.· In comparison, my attempt at a letter to the programme desk is very boring.· The straight kind was very boring and stayed in batteries.· I found it all very boring, especially when I got older, but kept my thoughts to myself.· Media and television attention to the half-dozen or so major clubs is now very boring.· And they're getting very, very boring.· You can be very boring, you know.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • And at a time which - surely it was obvious - was deadly serious.
  • He's a deadly dull little man as far as I can see.
  • He was deadly serious and I knew it.
  • His companion chuckled at the jest, but Gravelet, whose stage name was Blondin, was deadly serious.
  • It was now clear, however, that the position was becoming deadly serious.
  • Suppose, for example, you regularly attend a weekly meeting which tends to be deadly dull.
  • The noise level was high in both languages; all faces were deadly serious.
  • The primary indicator is Attempts to be deadly serious invariably result in unintended comedy.
Word family
WORD FAMILYnounboreboredomadjectiveboredboringverbboreadverbboringly
 not interesting in any way:  Her husband is about the most boring person I’ve ever met. The job was dull and boring.dead/incredibly/terribly etc boring (=very boring)THESAURUSboring not interesting in any way: · a boring speech· He found school incredibly boring.not very interesting [not before noun] very ordinary and therefore rather boring. People often use this phrase in everyday English, instead of saying directly that something is boring: · The story wasn’t very interesting.dull especially written boring: · The conference was usually a dull affair.· Life was never dull.tedious /ˈtiːdiəs/ very boring and continuing for a long time: · The process was tedious and slow.· Jake began the tedious task of sorting through his papers.monotonous /məˈnɒtənəs $ məˈnɑː-/ boring and always the same: · The work was monotonous and unchallenging.· He was only half listening to the monotonous voice of the teacher.mundane /mʌnˈdeɪn/ rather boring, because it is connected with things you do regularly as part of your daily life: · He busied himself with the mundane task of cleaning the house.· Most arguments are over mundane issues like spending or saving money.humdrum /ˈhʌmdrʌm/ [usually before noun] boring because nothing new or interesting ever happens: · He wanted to escape his humdrum life.· a humdrum existencedry a subject, piece of writing etc that is dry is boring because it is very serious and does not contain any humour: · The students complained that the lecture was dry and uninspiring.· a dry academic volume
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