a humdrum existence/job/life
平淡的生活；乏味的工作╱生活
1.平常的;单调的,无聊的
1.单调,无聊
2.无聊的话
3.无聊的人
1.单调地动作
1.boring because nothing new or interesting ever happens
1.These activities seem to be far more profitable than the humdrum business of managing payments and channelling savings towards investment.
这些活动似乎远远比乏味的薪酬管理和引导储蓄进入投资领域更为有利可图。
2.She was glad to be out of the flat, because already she felt that it was a narrow, humdrum place, and that interest and joy lay elsewhere.
离开公寓到外面走走，使她心情舒畅，因为她已经感到那个家狭隘单调，毫无趣味和欢乐可言。
3.Was it a humdrum crime of trying to steal banking details?
这是一种用以盗窃银行数据的普通犯罪活动？
4.We should hesitate to admit this if it were merely a question of humdrum dwellers on this corner of the universe called Earth.
如果这仅仅是这个叫做地球的宇宙之中的角落里无聊居民的问题，我们在承认这一点时会犹豫不决。
5.Last but not least, students' creativity tends to be repressed due to the humdrum and dull homework.
最后，学生们的创造力在单调乏味的作业压力下受到极大的压抑。
6.Hours before the panic began, there were signs that Thursday was not shaping up to be a humdrum day.
恐慌抛盘开始前数小时，即有信号表明上周四不会是个平凡之日。
7.So humdrum was the technical work that it killed Wu Yu's patience. He hoped to be unique. He needed more space for himself.
单调、重复的技术工作让吴宇失去了耐心，他希望与众不同，他要创造更广阔的自我空间。
8.Reality always look better in slow motion. Even the most humdrum events can seem like the most dramatic moment of an action film.
慢镜头中的世界总会显得更加精彩，即使是最无聊的事也可能变得像是动作片的精彩镜头。
9.Making tomato sauce was humdrum domestic work that did not contribute to my goals and , more important, wasn't scheduled.
而做番茄酱只是无聊时做的家务，对我的工作没什么帮助；更重要的是这并不在我的计划之内。
10.There are also few new experiences for you, just the humdrum of daily life and the loneliness of having to get on with it on your own.
你也会拥有一些新的体验--平凡的日常生活、和依靠自己继续进行它的寂寞。