It was a monotonous life, operating with machine-like regularity.

生活单调得令人乏味, 一天天周而复始。

The Prime Minister out of office is seen, too often, to have been but a pompous rhetorician, and the General without an army is but the tame hero of a market town.

人们常常发现一位离了职的首相当年只不过是个大言不惭的；一个解甲归田的将军无非是个平淡乏味的市井英雄。

The researchers even emphasized that the task was tedious and boring.

研究人员甚至强调，这项任务乏味又无聊。

As I said, my lord, a ponderous read.

大人 如我所言 这书枯燥乏味。

The quest for knowledge and understanding never gets dull.

对知识的渴望不会让你生活乏味。

You're right. It would never work. Amy finds you tedious.

没错 不会功的 艾米觉得你很乏味。

Its overt topic is admittedly rather strange, even tedious.

其公开的主题固然比较奇怪，甚至很乏味。

But then when you work, it's a chore.

但真的开始做时却发现它只是乏味琐事。

Well, it's just a big, dry collection of recipes.

唉，这整本书就是一堆枯燥乏味的食谱大杂烩。

Well, boredom on the playground is a big issue.

操场无趣乏味，这是个大问题。

Tom found the decorum at the banquet to be formal and tedious.

汤姆觉得宴会上的礼节正式而乏味。

Coming out of that experience would make reality seem dull and drab by comparison.

相比之下，从这种体验中出来，现实就会显得单调乏味。

Lentils and haricots are not merely insipid; frequent use of them causes something like nausea.

小扁豆和扁豆不仅乏味； 经常使用它们会导致恶心。

If Longbottom suffocates it will mean a lot of tedious paperwork and I am afraid I shall have to mention it on your reference if ever you apply for a job.

要是隆巴顿被憋死了，那就意味着要写许多冗长乏味的报告。如果你申请一份工作的话，恐怕我还不得不在你的鉴定里提到这一点。”

Assembling these items into a product like a phone can be a tedious, labour-intensive process, and one that is often subcontracted to low-wage countries such as China.

把它们组合在一起做产品是个很乏味、劳动密集型的过程，常常被分包给低工资的国，比如中国。

This is a podcast where we have a series of speakers who talk about subjects that may appear boring to others, but that they find very interesting.

这是一个播客节目， 我们邀请了一系列讲者， 他们讨论的主题对他人来可能显得乏味，但对他们自己却极为有趣。

Yes, we grown-ups can be tedious and limiting in our need for reality.

是的，我们年人对现实的需求可能很乏味，也很受限。

Yes, but life without chips, ice cream and coca cola is boring.

可能吧，但是对我而言，生活中没有了薯条，冰激凌和可口可乐，真是乏味至极。

So don't settle for the same, boring routines.

所以，不要满足于千篇一律、枯燥乏味的日常生活。

Does this make real-life interaction seem mundane and arduous by comparison? Could it be generational?

这是否让现实生活中的社交显得枯燥乏味、费时费力？这是否与代际差异有关？