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首相当年只不过是大言不惭演说家；一解甲归田将军无非是平淡乏味市井英雄。

Today's Burgos feels workaday, but with a hint of gentility and former power.

今天布尔戈斯给人一种平淡无奇感觉， 但带有一丝文雅和昔日力量。

Hours of mediocrity can be reduced to five or six perfect images.

数小时平淡镜头被缩短成五、六张完美画面。

This anodyne definition of well-being leaves out the better half of the story, the rich, full joy that comes from a meaningful life.

这种对幸福平淡定义忽略了问题主要方面—种富有意义生活所带来那种丰富、完整愉悦。

Often a drop of irony into an indifferent situation renders the whole piquant.

在平淡无味情景中，加入一滴调侃戏虐成分，往往就会使整形势变得富有刺激性。

Moments where fantastical stories home in on mundane details to enthralling effect.

神奇故事中有平淡细节，让每一帧都产生了抓人心弦效果。

That's what I love about music. What? One of the most banal scenes is suddenly invested with so much meaning, you know?

所以我才音乐 什么 哪怕多平淡场景 音乐都能赋予它深厚意义？

This invariably wins them the love and respect of others, for they add colour to the dull routine of everyday life.

他们总能赢得别人与尊敬，因为他们给平淡单一日常生活增添了色彩。

A seaplane that is " plain" to see is, be an " oversea" adventure.

一架“平淡无奇”水上飞机带来是一场“海外”冒险。

There is no average working day for me, at all.

对我而言，没有平淡无奇工作日，完全没有。

Next sentence, this is a very, very bland but common phrase you can use.

下一句，这是一非常非常平淡句子，但是你可以用普通短语。

Do you realize the consequences of boredom for a gifted child, Mr. Adler?

你知道平淡生活会让天才儿童怎么样吗？

But as trends shift and new brands emerge, Liquid Death does risk becoming flat.

但随着趋势变化和新品牌出现，Liquid Death 确实有变得平淡风险。

Beyond such bland statements, few of the voters even mentioned Mr Biden.

除了这些平淡言论，几乎没有选民提到拜登。

There are unglamorous corporate explanations for both moves.

对于这两项举措，公司给出了平淡无奇解释。

For instance, I... if I'm in a white room, just completely bland, I find that I start getting breathless and panicky and looking around and just can't focus on anything.

例如，我… … 如果我在一白色房间里，完全平淡无奇那种，我发现我开始感到喘不过气来，惊慌失措，环顾四周，就是不能专注于任何事情。

I wanted to fast-forward through the four seconds of tame kissing, but I restrained myself.

我本想快进过那四秒平淡无奇接吻，但我控制住了自己。

This doesn't mean that nothing happens in Chekhov's plays or that what happens doesn't matter.

这并不是说 契诃夫戏剧里毫无情节 或者都是一些平平淡淡情节。

It's totally okay to write a mundane boring essay.

写一篇平淡无奇文章完全没问题。

He gave me a bland smile, as though to say, No point hiding it now.

钢铁般冷酷眼神总是一再回来。有一天，在后花园游泳池畔，我在那张已经成了“我专属”桌子旁练吉他，他就躺在附近草地上，我立刻认出那种凝视。我专注在指板上时候，他一直盯着我看，等我突然抬起头来，想看看他是否欢我演奏曲子，那眼神出现了：锐利、冷酷，像亮晃晃刀刃，在被害人瞥见时旋即收回，并给我一平淡微笑，仿佛说：现在没必要隐藏。