同近义词辨析
dull, monotonous, tedious, dreary
这组词都有“单调的、乏味的、厌烦的”的意思，其区别是：
dull指缺乏鲜明、吸引力或情趣而显得乏味、沉闷。
tedious侧重指文章、演讲、演出等冗长乏味或环境等单调、沉闷，缺乏活力，使感到不舒服。
双语例句
用作形容词(adj.)
- By day the monotonous hours wore on in the same heavy, hashed manner as on that first dreary afternoon.
在白天，那沉闷的时刻，就和第一个凄凉的下午一样，忧郁寂寞地度过。 - Its yellow ambiguous stripes and dreary sky are homologous, which makes the world harmonious.
它背上灰黄斑驳的花纹，跟沉闷的天空遥遥相应，造成和谐的色调。 - Hurstwood's dreary state made its beauty become more and more vivid.
赫斯渥那令人沮丧的处境使得这些情景更加美丽迷人。
权威例句
The Philosophy of the ActAfrican tick-bite fever: a new spotted fever group rickettsiosis under an old nameDreary state of precipitation in global modelsDreary state of precipitation in modelsOnce upon a midnight dreary: the life and addictions of Edgar Allan Poe.Dreary Old Fairytale from the House of Windsor That's Become Just Too Much of a Real-Life NightmareThe dreary deadlock of public housingDreaming spires or dreary spivs?: Reputation in marketing Australian education abroadDuluth at SemEval-2017 Task 7 : Puns Upon a Midnight Dreary, Lexical Semantics for the Weak and WearyPuns upon a midnight dreary, Lexical Semantics for the weak and weary
