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的首相当年只不过是大言不惭的演说家；解甲归田的将军无非是平淡乏味的市井英雄。

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

，本书就是堆枯燥乏味的食谱大杂烩。

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，那就意味着要写许多冗长乏味的报告。如果你申请份工作的话，恐怕我还不得不在你的鉴定里提到点。”

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

所以，不要满足于千篇律、枯燥乏味的日常生活。

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乏味的举重训练，同时接收地面上的团队则监控他们的生命体征并提供指导的话——我来给你揭秘下。

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”词的时候，你不定会想到乏味、无趣的人，因为每人都有不平凡的故事。

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.

当他们为了未来的计划，也许是为了取代贤宇而接近珢诚时，他变成了狡猾，而且常常令人乏味的反派，他最令人难忘的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，人们在完成项枯燥乏味的任务后更具有创造力。

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

不幸的是，次演出是我们看过的最乏味的演出了。

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

我不喜欢情节乏味的电视节目。

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

你可以将有帮助的习惯应用于生活中各类乏味的工作。

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

现在，会计可能是世界上最乏味的学科了。

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的方式，让人们从大多数MBA课程的乏味内容中解脱出来。

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.

我认为通常是件好事，因为有很多工作是不舒服的、危险的或有点乏味的，而计算机做些工作没有问题。

Lawyers are often seen as the most tedious of professionals.

律师常被视为最乏味的专业人士。

The most tedious parts of your task, right?

任务中最乏味的部分，对吧？

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

是项枯燥乏味的工作，需要计算许多烦琐的时间和角度。

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

即使最有耐心的人也会被乏味而绝望的工作打败。

John's job consists of dull, repetitive work.

约翰的职务尽是些乏味又重复的工作。

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的产品和服务变成乏味的商品，不是教师想要的。