| 单词 | drab |
| 释义 | DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔BORING/BORED〕When I came to Manchester from Brazil everything seemed so drab and colourless. 当我从巴西来到曼彻斯特时，这里的一切看上去非常枯燥乏味。朗文写作活用〔BORING/BORED〕You enter the drab office building half-expecting it to be abandoned. 进入那幢死气沉沉的办公大楼时几乎以为这是幢废弃的楼房。朗文写作活用〔FEW/NOT MANY〕He insisted on paying me back in dribs and drabs, five or ten dollars at a time. 他执意要零零碎碎地还我钱，每次还五元十元的。朗文写作活用〔FEW/NOT MANY〕The wedding guests were arriving in dribs and drabs. 参加婚礼的人零零星星地到了。朗文写作活用〔complacent〕The drab little man gave a complacent nod.这个死气沉沉的小个子男人自得地点了点头。外研社新世纪〔contrast〕The red stems of this bush provide a contrast to the drab brown of the winter garden.这种灌木红色的茎和冬天里这座花园乏味的棕色形成了对比。朗文当代〔dingy〕Shabby, drab, or squalid.褴褛的：褴褛的，单调的或邋遢的美国传统〔dormitory〕He comes from a drab dormitory town five stops from Brighton.他来自于距离布赖顿五站地的一个枯燥乏味的郊外住宅区。外研社新世纪〔dour〕The city, drab and dour by day, is transformed at night.这座城市白天死气沉沉、单调乏味，晚上就完全变了样。牛津高阶〔drabness〕Mary was wearing the same drab grey dress.玛丽穿着同一件毫无朝气的灰色裙子。柯林斯高阶〔drabness〕The rest of the day's activities often seemed drab or depressing.一天的剩余时光好像常常是乏味或令人沮丧的。柯林斯高阶〔drab〕He lives a drab life.他过着单调乏味的生活。韦氏高阶〔drab〕I feel so drab in this grey uniform.穿这套灰制服我觉得很没生气。剑桥高阶〔drab〕Mary was wearing the same drab grey dress.玛丽穿着同一件毫无生气的灰色裙子。外研社新世纪〔drab〕She walked through the city centre with its drab, grey buildings and felt depressed.走过市中心那些单调的灰色建筑物，她心里感觉很压抑。剑桥高阶〔drab〕The rest of the day's activities often seemed drab or depressing.每天剩下的其他活动通常看起来很枯燥、压抑。外研社新世纪〔drab〕The walls were painted a drab green.墙刷成了暗绿色。朗文当代〔drab〕Their lives seem so drab.他们的生活似乎很单调乏味。麦克米伦高阶〔dribs and drabs〕Clients came in dribs and drabs.顾客三三两两地来了。外研社新世纪〔dribs and drabs〕Clients came in dribs and drabs.顾客三三两两地来了。柯林斯高阶〔dribs and drabs〕Not large parcels of cloth. Dribs and drabs maybe.不是几大包衣服。可能只有几件。外研社新世纪〔dribs and drabs〕The guests arrived in dribs and drabs.客人们三三两两地到了。朗文当代〔dribs and drabs〕The guests began arriving in dribs and drabs.客人们开始三三两两地到了。麦克米伦高阶〔dribs and drabs〕They received donations in dribs and drabs.他们零零星星地收到一些捐款。韦氏高阶〔dribs〕She paid me in dribs and drabs, not all at once.她一点一点地付给我钱，而不是一次付清。牛津高阶〔dribs〕The information has been released in dribs and drabs.这个消息是一点一点地透露出来的。剑桥高阶〔drib〕They began in dribs and drabs to leave the house.他们开始三三两两地离开那幢房子。英汉大词典〔dun〕She dressed consistently in drab and dun colours.她总是穿着一些颜色暗淡的衣服。外研社新世纪〔infest〕The landscape is drab and infested with brick ovens.景色单调，惟见砖窑遍布。21世纪英汉〔infest〕The landscape was drab and infested with brick ovens.景色单调,唯见砖窑遍布。英汉大词典〔olive drab〕The soldiers were dressed in olive drab.士兵们穿着灰绿色军服。韦氏高阶〔otherwise〕The decorations for the games have lent a splash of colour to an otherwise drab city.为运动会所作的装扮给原本毫无生气的城市增添了一抹亮色。柯林斯高阶〔uninviting〕Airport hotels used to be drab, uninviting and inconvenient places.机场旅馆过去一直都是单调乏味、毫无吸引力又很不方便的地方。外研社新世纪〔yield〕Boston's traditional drab brick was slow to yield to the modern glass palaces of so many American urban areas.波士顿传统而单调的砖石建筑并没有迅速被许多美国城市地区流行的现代玻璃大厦所取代。柯林斯高阶He found himself in the drab surroundings of yet another government building.他发现自己又置身于一个死气沉沉的政府大楼里。剑桥国际I feel so drab in this grey uniform.穿着这件灰色的制服，我觉得没有光彩。剑桥国际Midday sun streamed into the drab little room which gave it a sudden cheerfulness (=it became bright and pleasant).中午的阳光射入这间毫无生气的小屋，突然给了它一种快乐的气氛。剑桥国际She walked through the city centre with its drab, grey buildings and felt depressed.她步行穿过市中心，看到单调乏味的灰色建筑，有些沮丧。剑桥国际The crowd trickled into the park in dribs and drabs.人流三三两两地进入公园。剑桥国际The hostages have been released in dribs and drabs.人质被几个几个地释放了。剑桥国际 |
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