History of Magic was the dullest subject on their timetable.

魔法史是他们课程表上最燥的课程。

Since the dawn of human ingenuity, people have devised ever more cunning tools to cope with work that is dangerous, boring, burdensome, or just plain nasty.

从类最初有了智慧至今，们一直在设计日益巧妙的工具来处理那些危险的、燥的、繁重的或者只是一般肮脏的工作。

I suppose that everyone finds his first independent start in business a dreary experience.

我想，每个都会发现，第一次独自开业是一件燥无味的事。

As I said, my lord, a ponderous read.

大 如我所言 这书燥乏味。

History of Magic was by common consent the most boring subject ever devised by wizardkind.

魔法史被公为是巫师界设计的最燥的一门课程。

That is a mistake ATTACKS on bankers by protesters from Occupy Wall Street, Occupy London and Occupy any city where a financier might have the temerity to turn a quick buck have spiced up the dreary economic news of the past year.

这是错误的去年，抗议者对银行家的攻击让燥的经济新闻变得有趣了起来：他们“占领华尔街”、“占领伦敦”、占领任何一个金融业者可能敢于赚大钱的城市。

Does this make real-life interaction seem mundane and arduous by comparison? Could it be generational?

这是否让现实生活中的社交显得燥乏味、费时费力？这是否与代际差异有关？

Misfortune had struck them gracefully, cutting off their erratic histories with a catastrophic dash, instead of, as with many, attenuating each life to an uninteresting meagreness, through long years of wrinkles, neglect, and decay.

厄运很客气地降临到他们身上，通过灾难性地一击，将他们两游移不定的生命割断，而不是让他们像许多那样，经过布满皱纹、被遗忘、衰老腐朽的漫长岁月，把生命逐渐耗竭到燥无味的尽头。

If viewers cast aside their hostility, what may astonish is Mr Hirst's ability to transform dry conceptual art into witty, emotionally engaging work.

观众如果抛开敌意，可能会震惊于赫斯特把燥的概念艺术转变成诙谐而富有情感魅力的作品的能力。

Well, if you like dry, factual statements interspersed with painful moments of silence, it was bananas.

如果你喜欢燥的，基于事实的对话，中间还点缀着痛苦的沉默，棒极了。

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

唉，这整本书就是一堆燥乏味的食谱大杂烩。

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

所以，不要满足于千篇一律、燥乏味的日常生活。

And among women, it is only arid souls whom it does not predispose to love.

而在女中， 只有燥的灵魂才不会被它爱上。

There are people who don't, obviously, and thank god for that: a world without designers and artists would be a very shabby one indeed.

但很明显，有些没有放弃绘画。谢天谢地，一个没有设计者和艺术者的世界将会变得燥无味。

Now, whatever the teacher does, there are bound to be students who are either bored because they're ahead, or confused because they're behind.

所以无论老师的教法是什么，就是会有生因为程度超前而感到燥，或是因为程度落后而感到困惑。

However, even with the development of computers and robotics, there are always plenty of boring, repetitive and mechanical jobs, and lots of unskilled people who have to do them.

然而，虽然计算机技术和机器领域已经有了很大的发展，但是还是有很多燥、重复、机械的工作等待一些没有一技之长的们去做。

It looks old, stodgy even, but it has quite a backstory.

这本书年代已久，甚至算得上燥晦涩。但它背后的故事却相当精彩。

To ward off fears of dullness and the pull of depression, the child needs to be a cheerful comic.

为了避免对燥和抑郁的恐惧，孩子需要成为一个快乐的喜剧演员。

Likewise, automation should eventually boost productivity, stimulate demand by driving down prices, and free workers from hard, boring work.

同样，自动化最终会提高生产力，通过降低价格刺激需求，使工从艰苦、燥的工作中解放出来。

It's just my opinion, but I think that's pretty boring.

这只是我的看法，我认为那很燥。