adj.(形容词)

1. 使人闷闷不乐或沮丧的；阴沉的，忧郁的 that makes one sad or depressed;dismal;gloomy
2. 令人厌烦的；单调的；枯燥的 boring;dull

Adjective:

1. lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise;

   "her drab personality"
   "life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas"
   "a series of dreary dinner parties"
   

2. causing dejection;

   "a blue day"
   "the dark days of the war"
   "a week of rainy depressing weather"
   "a disconsolate winter landscape"
   "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"
   "a dark gloomy day"
   "grim rainy weather"
   

1.沉闷的;枯燥无味的;令人沮丧的
If you describe something asdreary, you mean that it is dull and depressing.

e.g. ...adreary little town in the Midwest...
位于中西部的沉闷的小镇
e.g. They live suchdreary lives.
他们的生活如此乏味！

drearily
...a drearily familiar scenario.
俗套的沉闷剧情

1. 沉闷的：dreariness 沉寂 |dreary 沉闷的 | dreck 废物

2. 沉郁的：air of freedom 无拘无束 air:神态、气势 |dreary 沉郁的 | ambition 追名逐利

3. dreary在线翻译

3. 厌倦的：dream 梦 |dreary 厌倦的 | drench 使湿透

4. 沉闷的,乏味的：quandary 困惑,进退两难 |dreary 沉闷的,乏味的 | vagary 奇想,异想天开

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。

• 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

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。

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。

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。

a long and dreary journey on the train

火车上漫长而乏味的旅程

a dreary film

枯燥无味的影片

a dreary winter's day

阴沉的冬日

They live such dreary lives.

他们的生活如此乏味！

...a dreary little town in the Midwest...

位于中西部的沉闷的小镇

Nowadays, dreary old comprehensibility is still very much around.

如今, 令人生厌的容易理解的老派作品还是很多.

Life in peacetime Britain was grey threadbare dreary and hopeless.

和平时期英国的生活是灰色、乏味、沉闷并且无望的.

His speech was dreary.

他的讲演枯燥乏味.

Copying manuscripts all the time is dreary work.

老是抄写手稿是件枯燥乏味的差事.

They have not a dreary commitment to mean ambitions.

他们不去无聊地追求卑鄙的野心.

Tis dreary, my raven, this time we spend here tapping toes.

海尔达利:真是无趣啊, 我的乌鸦.我们在此浪费时间抖动脚趾头.

There never was such a dreary, dismal scene as the formerly cheerful house presented!

这所以前是很欢乐的房子从来没有呈现过这么一幅荒凉阴郁的景象.

She had had a dreary day of it herself.

她自己已经为此生了一天的闷气.

Such a sight makes him feel dreary and sorrowful.

——这使他感到凄凉、悲裒.

It is very dreary to do the same job everyday.

每天都做同样工作是很单调的.

Sundays were dreary days in that wintry season.

在那酷冷严寒的季节,星期天是个悲哀的日子.

The otherwise dreary book is enlivened by some very amusing illustrations.

这本枯燥乏味的书幸亏加了一些精彩的插图才变得生动有趣.

I hate these dry, dreary days.

我讨厌干燥沉闷的天气!

What a dreary discussion. Gloom and doom for years out into the future.

多年沉闷的讨论、沮丧和厄运将来还会有吗?

Care to inspect the damge ? You're welcome to, but it's a dreary sight.

你想去视察视察被炸的情况 吗 ?欢迎你去, 可是景象很惨.

They had turned away from the centre of the dreary tobacco town.

他们刚离开那潦倒的烟草镇市中心.

They have an air of freedom, and they have not a dreary commitment to mean ambitious or love of comfort.

他们有一种自由自在的风度, 他们不沉溺于可鄙的追名逐利和对舒适生活的迷恋.

They couldn't because they were restricted by the dreary realities of electrical circuits and Bakelite moldings.

他们无法这样,因为受到现实中沉闷的电路和塑料造型的限制.

He called a cab and was driven through the dreary rain to the North Side.

他叫了辆马车.马车载着他穿过阴沉沉的雨幕驶向北区.

Shamen island is descryibed as a dreary banishment site and as a romantic fairy place.

沙门岛一是悲凉凄惨、令人畏惧的囚犯流放处所“远恶军州”,一是发生美妙浪漫的人神恋爱故事的人间仙境.

He wrote about thunder, bald tree and dreary moon to express his sadness.

他通过雷电 、 秃树、大月等意象,表现内心的孤寂和压抑.

They have an air of freedom, and they have not a dreary commitment to mean ambitions or love of comfort.

他们有一种奔放不羁的风度, 他们没有对卑鄙的野心目标的无聊的追逐和对舒适的迷恋.

Relentlessly her mind travelled on over the dreary interval.

她丝毫不怜悯自己地继续追忆那段阴郁岁月.

dull，tedious，monotonous，dreary

这些形容词均表示“单调的、乏味的、厌烦的”之意。

dull指缺乏新鲜、吸引力或情趣而显得乏味、沉闷。

tedious侧重指文章、演讲、演出等冗长乏味或环境等单调、沉闷，缺乏活力，使感到不舒服。

monotonous指没有变化、重复单调的。

dreary侧重无趣味的，不活泼的事或思想状态。