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.

人们常常发现位离了职首相当年只不过是个大言不惭演说家；个解甲归田将军无非是个平淡市井英雄。

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

唉，这整本书就是堆枯燥食谱大杂烩。

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，那就意着要写许多冗长报告。如果你申请份工作话，恐怕我还不得不在你鉴定里提到这点。”

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

所以，不要满足于千篇律、枯燥日常生活。

If you're wondering how astronauts cope with the sheer tedium of pumping iron for two hours every day – while teams on the ground monitor their vital signs and provide coaching – don't worry.

如果你想知道宇航员是如何应对每天两时举重训练，同时接收地面上团队则监控他们生命体征并提供指导话——我来给你下。

So, I -- I think when you think of the word ordinary, you're not necessarily thinking of bland, boring people because everyone has an extraordinary story.

我想，当你想到“普通”这个词时候，你不定会想到、无趣人，因为每个人都有个不平凡故事。

As they court Eun-sung for future ventures, and perhaps to replace Hyun-woo, he becomes a conniving, often boring, villain whose most memorable trait is a habit of asking why he can't murder dogs.

当他们为了未来计划，也许是为了取代贤宇而接近珢诚时，他变成了个狡猾，而且常常令人反派，他最令人难忘特点是习惯问为什么他不能杀狗。

It is found that people are more creative following the completion of a tedious task.

结果表明，人们在完成项枯燥任务后更具有创造力。

Unfortunately, the show was one of the dullest we have ever seen.

不幸是，这次演出是我们看过最演出了。

I don't like TV shows that have plodding plots.

我不喜欢情节电视节目。

You can use this helpful habit for all the tedious tasks in your life.

你可以将这个有帮助习惯应用于生活中各类工作。

Now, accounting is possibly the most boring subject in the world.

现在，会计可能是世界上最学科了。

They provide a welcome diversion from the stodgy content that marks out most MBA courses.

它们提供了种受人欢迎方式，让人们从大多数MBA课程内容中解脱出来。

I think it probably is generally a good thing because there are a lot of jobs that are uncomfortable or dangerous or tedious and the computer will have no problem doing that.

我认为这通常是件好事，因为有很多工作是不舒服、危险或有点，而计算机做这些工作没有问题。

Lawyers are often seen as the most tedious of professionals.

律师常被视为最专业人士。

The most tedious parts of your task, right?

任务中最部分，对吧？

It was dull work, requiring much consultation of timetables and calculation of angles.

这是项枯燥工作，需要计算许多烦琐时间和角度。

Now this would be tedious and frustrating work for even the most patient of people.

即使最有耐心人也会被这而绝望工作打败。

John's job consists of dull, repetitive work.

约翰职务尽是些又重复工作。

New technologies often turn crafted products and services into bland commodities, something no teacher wants.

新技术经常将精心制作产品和服务变成商品，这不是教师想要。