mundanity
noun[U]
uk/mʌnˈdæn.ə.ti/us/mʌnˈdæn.ə.t̬i/thefactof being veryordinaryandthereforenotinteresting:
平淡无奇,毫无新意Hecomparesthe mundanity ofadultlifewith theexcitementofchildishfantasy.他把成人生活的平淡无奇与孩子气幻想的刺激兴奋作了比较。
Thetownitself isastonishinginitsmundanity.这个城镇本身毫无亮点,非常令人震惊。
- Acareeron thestagehasitsshareofploddingmundanity too.
- Hetalksabout therelativemundanity of hisday-to-dayroutinein thewild:wakingup with thesun,eatingleftoverstew,choppingwood.
- Finally, after so much mundanity,delegateswere given athrillthatbroughtthem totheirfeet: firstladyLaura Bush.
Plain and ordinary
- as it comesidiom
- austere
- austerely
- austerity
- average Joe
- generalized
- homeliness
- homely
- homespun
- homey
- run-of-the-mill
- severe
- severely
- simple
- something/nothing to shout aboutidiom
- unoriginal
- unostentatiously
- unremarkable
- well trodden
- workaday
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Tedious and uninspiring