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单词 monotony
释义
monotony
noun[U]
uk
/məˈnɒt.ən.i/us
/məˈnɑː.t̬ən.i/
(alsomonotonousness)
asituationin which somethingstaysthe same and isthereforeboring:
单调乏味；毫无变化
The monotony ofmotorwaydrivingcancauseaccidents.在高速公路上驾车单调乏味，可能引发交通事故。
Theroutinewas the same everyday, with nothing tobreak/relievethe monotony.每天做的事都相同，没有什么来打破／调剂这种单调。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
the state of being unhappy and uninterested
  • boredomThere's nothing to do at the cabin - I might die of boredom.
  • tediumFilming a televison show involves a fair bit of waiting and tedium behind the scenes.
  • tediousnessI can't imagine the tediousness of cataloguing every single piece of writing in the archive.
  • wearinessShe listened to his complaining with a growing sense of weariness.
  • ennuiHis latest book was about suburban ennui and the middle-aged desire for something new.
  • drearinessShe wanted to go to the big city and escape the dreariness of her rural, small-town life.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Boredom, tedium and boring things
  • banality
  • blandness
  • boredom
  • bromide
  • cabin fever
  • commonplace
  • ennui
  • flatness
  • frustration
  • insipidness
  • jejune
  • screed
  • snooze
  • snoozefest
  • sterility
  • stodginess
  • stuffiness
  • tediousness
  • treadmill
  • yawn
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(Definition ofmonotonyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

monotony| American Dictionary

monotony
noun[U]
us
/məˈnɑt·ən·i/
boringsameness:
Hedroveforhourswith nothing tobreakthe monotony.
(Definition ofmonotonyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmonotony

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Another compensation for themonotonyof the text might have been an extensive introduction, but here it is unnecessarily restricted to twenty-four pages.
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She sees the main disadvantage of secondary class teaching as 'themonotonyof the same syllabus year after year'.
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The task was split into two parts, with a filler task in between, to reducemonotony.
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It can result inmonotony: so can a curvilinear suburbia.
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For example, in our interviews respondents reportedmonotonyin some linear accelerator activities.
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A look at the waveform diagram of the work's overall temporal shape shows the reason - a completemonotony, predictability, repetitiveness.
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One might think that the performance of several versions of the same chant in quick succession would lead tomonotony, but it is not so.
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All of this lends the work the stamp ofmonotony.
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It would avoid themonotonythat might arise if one individual alone was responsible for all aspects of the site.
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Pity he could not wholly overcome its rhythmicalmonotony.
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The material is thin, and we are consumed - bymonotony.
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From the later eighteenth century the vernacular tradition began to decline, with the growing trend towards 'standardization andmonotony' (p. 294).
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Although both a rigid routine and its total absence can createmonotony, sheer boredom seems to have been medieval inmates' share.
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Irritation, discomfort, andmonotonyare a duplication of reality.
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They are elements for the construction of a city allowing great variation, and with them the usualmonotonyof cities could be avoided.
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