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- an unglamorous job
乏味的工作
- an unglamorous job
英英释义
adj
- not challenging
- an unglamorous job greasing engines
双语例句
- But fundamentally, it performs an unglamorous function in a utilitarian way.
但是基本上,它还是功利性地扮演一个没有趣味的功能角色。 - 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。 - Bruce's office is a corner one, utilitarian and unglamorous.
布鲁斯的办公室在角落里,实用而普通。 - But the government is still too fond of its grandiose projects and too slow to get unglamorous things right.
但政府还是太热衷于它的宏伟事业,纠正那些错误的事情的速度太过缓慢。 - 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。 - 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。 - This is all pretty unglamorous stuff, you could say better, though, than the alternative.
你会说,这些措施听上去都相当乏味,但总比其它选择都要好。 - Unglamorous, usually unexciting and normally invisible, the world's financial plumbing is gummed up.
毫不张扬地,通常是悄无声息地,全球金融流通管道堵塞了。 - 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。 - Lunch was a decidedly unglamorous affair.
午餐绝非令人想望的事情。