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单词 unspectacular
释义
unspectacular
adjective
uk/ˌʌn.spekˈtæk.jə.lər/us/ˌʌn.spekˈtæk.jə.lɚ/
notparticularlygood orgreat, and notcausingmuchadmirationorexcitement:
Heranasolid,ifunspectacular,operation.
Herprogresswassteadybutunspectacular.
Theresultisthoroughlyunspectacular.
Opposite
spectacular
More examples
  • Thepatientwas makingsteady, if unspectacular,progress.
  • This was arelativelygood (if unspectacular)performance.
  • After asolidbut unspectacularstartto heruniversitycareer, herresultsimprovedand shegraduatedwith a gooddegree.
  • The party'selectoralsuccesses were unspectacular.
  • Some of themealswere good, but most were unspectacular.
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Quite good, or not very good
(Definition ofunspectacularfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofunspectacular

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Power admitted that his military career wasunspectacular.
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The event,unspectacularwhen it occurs, requires a microscopic examination of the tune to establish it as a possible self-quotation.
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We should confine aid to what is effective, even if it is limited andunspectacular.
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It depends on the cumulative effect of patient andunspectacularbut unremitting work in almost every aspect of our national life.
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Quiet it may be andunspectacular; but it is quite definite, and it is constructive.
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Beside these plans of new works and construction, our efforts on the operational side may appearunspectacular.
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The solution may in many cases turn out to be just asunspectacularas the circumstances of accidents.
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I believe that to achieve disarmament is a matter of a long, uphill,unspectacularroad.
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They may, perhaps, be regarded as veryunspectacular.
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This is the "solidunspectaculargroundwork of the past decade".
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Then we shall see the solid,unspectaculargroundwork of the last decade really start to pay off.
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This may be undramatic andunspectacular, but it is more likely to make more progress along the road to world order and peace.
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Their role so far has been patient andunspectacularbut it is being fulfilled.
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It has in fact achieved much useful if somewhatunspectacularwork in the field of equipment collaboration, training and logistics, and in other specialised fields.
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This was a major task, although anunspectacularone.
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