It was at present a place perfectly accordant with man's nature— neither ghastly, hateful, nor ugly; neither commonplace, unmeaning, nor tame; but, like man, slighted and enduring; and withal singularly colossal and mysterious in its swarthy monotony.

荒原个地方，眼下与人性情完全协调一致——既不可怖，又不可恨，也不难看；既不平庸，又不呆板，也不消沉；和人一样，受到冷落，默默忍耐着；它那单调不变黝黑巨大无比，神秘莫测，尤为奇特。

A series of grammatically proper sentences can stiffen that line, make it less pliable.

一连串中规中矩句子会让行文呆板，不那么灵活。

A small amount of loose hair will help hide the staleness.

少量松散头发有助于掩盖没洗呆板。

That's the philosophy at the core of minimalism, according to Wright, not " the Instagram-able version, where it's all about buying the most expensive Scandinavian-designed whatever and taking photos with stark white walls" .

赖特认为，才是极简主义核心理念，而不是" 符合Ins风版本——全部要义就在于买最贵斯堪纳维亚设计风东西、用呆板做背景拍照" 。

In fact, creativity, which I define as the process of having original ideas that have value, more often than not comes about through the interaction of different disciplinary ways of seeing things.

其实我认为应该创造性地把大脑看作一整套工序，生产有值原创想法工序，种原创想法往往来自互动思考方式而不是呆板常规模式。

But those settings can be sterile and clinical.

环境可能十分呆板，毫无感情。

“Well, your parents appointed me your guardian, ” said Sirius stiffly.

“你双亲指派我当你监护人。”小天狼星呆板地说。

The actor's performance in the movie was wooden.

位男演员在那部电影演出很呆板。

The molecular structure indeed is fairly rigid.

分子结构确实是相当呆板。

She stood looking at him, her head on one side, still smiling, but with a smile that became progressively, in face of the Director's expression of petrified disgust, less and less selfconfident, that wavered and finally went out.

她站在那儿望着他，歪着头微笑着。可那微笑面对着主任那呆板、厌恶脸色，逐渐失去了自信，犹豫了，终于消失了。

The travel-stained adventurers gazed after her in astonishment, and even the unemotional Indians, journeying in with their peltries, relaxed their accustomed stoicism as they marvelled at the beauty of the pale-faced maiden.

那风尘仆仆淘金冒险家，一个个惊奇地瞧着她，就连那运输皮革冷漠印第安人，瞧见了个美丽无比皙少女，也感到十分惊愕，不禁松弛了他们一向呆板面孔。

We have everything in order now. He now, however, is a stiff old thing. I cannot make him move about as I would move now. We achieved this earlier but the conditions were different.

我们现在一切就绪了。然而，他现在，是个呆板老古板。我不能让他像我现在样四处走动。我们之前做到了，条件不同。

Just imagine the conversation we'd be having today if Hillary Clinton had seemed stiff or robotic or defensive or if the other candidates had relentlessly attacked her ethics and trustworthiness.

想象一下，如果昨天希拉里·克林顿表现僵硬、呆板、处于戒备状态，或者如果其他候选人毫无留情地攻击她道德和可信度，那今天我们对话内容会是什么呢？

A philosophical guy who could be both playful and ponderous, Raskin had studied computer science, taught music and visual arts, conducted a chamber opera company, and organized guerrilla theater.

拉斯金是个很有哲学家范儿人，有时幽默顽皮，有时又呆板沉闷，他学习过计算机科学，教过音乐和视觉艺术，管理过一家室内歌剧院，还组织过街头剧场。

Every sentence was uttered with a dismal monotony of voice, as if it did not differ in any respect from that which preceded it.

与此同时，他所表述所有话语无不沉闷呆板，毫无抑扬顿挫之感或音调变化，似乎词语间不存在任何差异。

Old-school walking robots, such as Asimo, a famously cheesy android unveiled in 2000 by Honda, a Japanese carmaker, have stilted gaits.

老式行走机器人，如2000年由日本汽车制造商本田公司发布以廉著称机器人Asimo，步态呆板。

" Call her up, " said the grey voice. " We are all ready. Draw the circle. Prepare the blue fire."

“呼唤她吧。”呆板声音说，“我们已准备好了。划一个圆圈，再准备一堆蓝色火。”

But you should know that's why people find you so rigid because you can never just let go and have fun.

你该知道为什么别人总说你呆板了吧？因为你从来都不懂让自己洒脱，享受生活。

When the official version of reality was tired and stilted, both stood out as seekers of the truth.

当官方对事实描述烦人呆板时，样人就会作为真理追寻者脱颖而出。

She might have been any age from thirty to sixty, so unlined was her immobile bronze face.

她年纪从外表看不清楚，少到３０，多到６０，怎么都行。她那张呆板紫铜色脸上还没有皱纹呢。