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.

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

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

一连串中规中矩的让行文呆板，不那么灵活。

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

少量松散的头发有助于掩盖没洗的呆板。

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，这才是极简主义的核心理念，而不是" 符合Ins风的版本——全部的要义就在于买最贵的斯堪的纳维亚设计风的东西、用呆板的白墙做背景拍照" 。

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，生产有值的原创想法的工序，这种原创想法往往来自互动的思考方式而不是呆板的常规模式。

But those settings can be sterile and clinical.

但这些环境可能十分呆板，毫无感情。

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

“你的双亲指派我当你的监护人。”小天狼星呆板地说。

The actor's performance in the movie was wooden.

这位男演员在那部电影的演出很呆板。

The molecular structure indeed is fairly rigid.

分结构确实是相当呆板的。

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，歪头微笑。可那微笑面对主任那呆板的、厌恶的脸色，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.

那些风尘仆仆的淘金冒险家，一个个惊奇地瞧她，就连那些运输皮革的冷漠的印第安人，瞧见了这个美丽无比的白皙的少女，也感到十分惊愕，不禁松弛了们一向呆板的面孔。

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，现在，是个呆板的老古板。我不能让像我现在这样四处走动。我们之前做到了，但条件不同。

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，或者如果其候选人毫无留情地攻击她的道德和可信度，那今天我们的对话内容是什么呢？

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的人，有时幽默顽皮，有时又呆板沉闷，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，所表述的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.

老式的行走机器人，如2000年由日本汽车制造商本田公司发布的以廉著称的机器人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。”呆板的声音说，“我们已准备好了。划一个圆圈，再准备一堆蓝色的火。”

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.

当官方对事实的描述烦人呆板时，这样的人就作为真理的追寻者脱颖而出。

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

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