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

• And unglamorous suburbs like Fangshan and Tongzhou will be designated as 'hubs' for specific industries, like petrochemicals and 'cultural industries,' respectively.
  房山和通州等不太繁荣的郊区将被定为特定行业的中心，比如房山和通州将分别被规划为石油化工和文化产业中心。
• An unglamorous job greasing engines.
  给机器加润滑油的单调工作。
• In the former Soviet Union, grapes were grown from Moldova to Tajikistan and transformed into wine with maximum efficiency but minimum attention to quality. Half-made wine, stuffed full of preservatives, was transported to unglamorous bottling plants near the major cities.
  在前苏联，葡萄种植区从摩尔多瓦到塔吉克斯坦，这些葡萄通过效益最大化、同时完全无视质量的方式变成了酒。添加大量防腐剂的葡萄酒半成品，被运送到大城市附近乏善可陈的瓶装工厂。
• 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。
• Profit-starved hedge fund managers, best known as masters of the financial universe, are turning to an unlikely place for their next windfall: the unglamorous world of long-only asset management.
  享有金融世界主宰者之称的对冲基金经理人因苦于无法获得利润，纷纷转向一个人们意料之外的领域寻找发大财的机会：貌似平淡无奇的单边做多资产管理领域。
• 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。
• 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。
• Germany has belatedly discovered that its sober, solid and deliberately unglamorous leader is really the person calling the shots across the continent.
  德国人终于迟钝地发现，他们这位冷静、可靠、故意显得毫无光彩的领导人，实际上是整个欧洲的发号施令者。
• Lunch was a decidedly unglamorous affair.
  午餐绝非令人想望的事情。
• Germany's much-lauded Mittelstand companies have succeeded through foresight and by specialising in the unglamorous business of making parts for complex final products.
  德国备受称赞的中小型企业的成功是因为它们有远见，并在制造复杂最终产物的元部件的单调生意上有所专长。