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单词 jejune
释义
jejune
adjective
formaldisapproving
uk
/dʒəˈdʒuːn/us
/dʒəˈdʒuːn/
verysimpleorchildish:
简单的；幼稚的，不成熟的
He made jejunegeneralizationsabout how allstudentswerelazyand never did anywork.他以偏概全地认为所有的学生都很懒，什么都不干。
boringand notinteresting:
沉闷乏味的
a jejunelectureby one ofourprofessors我们的教授之一讲的一堂乏味的课
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Naive & trusting
  • an easy touchidiom
  • be easy game/meatidiom
  • be easy preyidiom
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  • butter wouldn't melt insomeone'smouthidiom
  • gull
  • idealistic
  • impressionable
  • ingenuous
  • naivety
  • prey
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  • unsuspecting
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Boredom, tedium and boring things
(Definition ofjejunefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofjejune

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The material on the electorate itself was confused, the expositionjejune, the evidence thin.
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To think that we can point to a surprising consequence of either view and thereby achieve a quick victory is to view the conflict in toojejunea manner.
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I thought thatjejunesuggestion was only worth laughing at.
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I have never heard a more arid,jejunedefence put up to any proposal.
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What can one say about an institution which considers it necessary to spend time on such fatuous andjejuneliterature?
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He described it as a poll tax wearing ajejunemask.
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I admit that we arejejune, but we are not as infantile as all that.
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I still think that the definition is veryjejune.
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I can still recall thejejuneembarrassment of the first essays in pay flexibility.
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Apparently the town clerk and the parliamentary agent have issued a miserablejejunedocument on the subject.
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He knows better than to put that kind ofjejunequestion.
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He is able to read out of that somewhatjejunedocument the beneficial results which no doubt may flow from it.
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I think he regards in his own mind that this thing is ratherjejune.
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He is being a triflejejunewhen he uses one sort of criticism on one constitutional aspect and ignores it completely on another.
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They should not imagine that there are not replies to these ratherjejunepoints, because there are.
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