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ho-hum

美 [ˌhoʊ ˈhʌm]英 [ˌhəʊ ˈhʌm]
  • int.表示厌倦
ho-humho-hum

exclamation

adj

1
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
a boring evening with uninteresting people
the deadening effect of some routine tasks
a dull play
his competent but dull performance
a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention
what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burk
tedious days on the train
the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twai
other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome
Synonym: boring deadening dull irksome slow tedious tiresome wearisome

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  1. My general reaction to this news might be summed up as ' ho-hum '

    我对这条消息的总体反应可以用“哼儿哈儿”来概括。

  2. The music is generally terrific but the scripting and acting are a bit ho-hum .

    音乐总体来说很棒,但编剧和表演就有点平淡无奇。

  3. Monday may have seemed another ho-hum day on Wall Street .

    周一对华尔街来说似乎又是百无聊赖的一天。

  4. Starting the day off with English sure makes for a ho-hum day .

    如果一早就有英文课,这一整天肯定无聊透顶。

  5. Another product upgrade critics found ho-hum that consumers have gobbled up .

    评论人士认为没什么特别的又一次产品升级,得到消费者的追捧。

  6. The ho-hum speeches at the conference caused several members of the audience to fall asleep .

    会上无聊的演讲让好几位听众睡着了。

  7. Do you sound like a dynamic worker any company would be thrilled to have , or like a ho-hum employee ?

    是否听起来像一个令任何公司发寒的机器人或者像一个无精打采的雇员?

  8. Ho-hum , let it slide .

    浩嗡嗡声,让它下滑。

  9. Dont worry about not posting for a couple of days , better a short break than a ceaseless stream of ho-hum Im so great posts .

    不要担心几天不更新帖子,暂时中断几天要比不断地发布枯燥无味的我多么伟大的帖子好得多。

  10. Those with glaring holes in their balance sheets and ho-hum Asian businesses , though , may be obliged to make sweeping cuts across their entire operations .

    不过,那些资产负债表和亚洲业务存在明显漏洞的银行,可能不得不全面缩减各项业务。

  11. Shipping in1985 to a ho-hum reception , this was such a joke that Microsoft itself put on a public roast when it finally rolled out the product .

    1985年发布的这个产品只有很少人接受,当微软最终开始推广该产品的时候,它将其自身放在公众的考验之下,这简直是个笑话。

  12. Thanks to this local peculiarity , researchers were able to keep a close eye on the process and observed a weird deviation from the usual ho-hum external fertilization they expected to see .

    多亏了此地得天独厚的地理条件,研究者们才能密切观察这一蛙类的受精过程,从而发现了这与他们平日里早已司空见惯的体外受精方式并不相同。

  13. In the first place , he can spend time subtly pointing out the downsides of the film , the lack of screen chemistry and the general soullessness of the ho-hum billionaire lifestyle .

    首先,他可以花时间仔细指出这部影片的缺点,男女主角间没有火花,以及这位乏味的亿万富翁过着多么空洞无聊的生活。

  14. The fall · If true , meaning that if Apple 's big meeting with developers in June is a ho-hum event from a new-product perspective , then Apple will have gone a year without new product introductions .

    今年秋天?如果是这样,那么6月份的苹果开发人员大会从新产品角度而言将毫无亮点,苹果将经历没有新产品推出的一年。

  15. Flush with oil money , Calgary has morphed from ho-hum city on the prairie into a cultural hub , with offerings far beyond the Stampede , the annual rodeo and festival .

    卡尔加里因石油而大富大贵,而现在,大草原上这座昔日的乏味工业城已经变成了文化枢纽,亮点则不止是一年一度的Stampede牛仔节。

  16. What a tragic disease this is ! " Ho-hum , let it slide . I 'll just drift along . " Here 's one problem with drifting : you can 't drift your way to the to of the mountain .

    打着哈欠说:“随它去吧,我就随波逐流吧。”这是多么可悲的疾病啊!随波逐流的问题是:你不可能漂流到山顶去。

  17. It 's nice if a little ho-hum ( as utopias tend to be in movies ) , particularly when compared with the darkly colored , visually seductive realms and spaces conjured up by Mr. Gunn and his team .

    虽说有点沉闷(电影里的乌托邦一般都是这样),但它很漂亮,特别是同冈和其团队创作出的那些深色调的迷人世界与空间进行对比。