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单词 blandness
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blandness
noun[U]
uk
/ˈblænd.nəs/us
/ˈblænd.nəs/
thequalityof not having astrongtasteorcharacteror notshowinganyinterestorenergy:
无滋味；乏味；没精打采，无生气
He made ajokeabout the blandness of thefood.他就食物的清淡开了个玩笑。
Thecharactersarefamiliarto thepointof blandness.对这些角色，都已经熟悉到了平淡无奇的程度。
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  • Theofficeis amodelof blandness.
  • Hospitalfood,oncemockedforitsblandness, has goneupscale.
  • Myusualenthusiasmforlifewasreplacedby blandness.
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Boredom, tedium and boring things
(Definition ofblandnessfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofblandness

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In the second movement there is almost an excuse forblandness, in evoking an intimate but stale bedroom encounter.
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A similarblandnesscreeps into his theoretical statements because of his desire not to overgeneralise or be deterministic.
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The result is ablandnessthat does not capture the reader's attention.
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In this sense, it was a species of religious art, in whichblandness, anonymity and tedium were by no means vices.
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Political and religious tensions split many urban elites, leading civic historians all too often to choose anodyneblandnessto avoid alienating any section of their already limited audience.
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It would be strainingblandnessa little beyond the normal meaning even of that elastic word.
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The guidance should not become a recipe forblandnessor uniformity.
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There is an incredibleblandnessthrough the day.
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It was a speech that was remarkable for itsblandness, but also for its ignorance of what is happening in the country.
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One is onblandness; the other the reverse.
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I always listen to my car radio, and there is an incredible sameness andblandnessabout the music on offer everywhere.
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Theblandnessof that reply evades the reality that there are very few causes where so much is undertaken by so few for so many.
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He verged on, but perhaps did not achieve, the necessaryblandnessof the salesman.
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Is that not a recipe for greaterblandnessand not greater choice?
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I am astonished that the look ofblandnesson my face appears to him to have been a look of devastation.
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