“枯燥的”常见的英文表达有 dull、boring、tedious 等,具体使用哪个词取决于语境:
dull:侧重于表示缺乏趣味性、活力或兴奋感,事物显得单调、乏味,不吸引人。例如:
The lecture was so dull that many students fell asleep.(讲座太枯燥了,很多学生都睡着了。)
This book is rather dull; I can hardly keep my attention on it.(这本书相当枯燥,我很难集中注意力。)
boring:强调能引起人厌烦、无聊的感觉,常用来描述人、事物或活动。例如:
He's such a boring person. He never has anything interesting to say.(他真是个无聊的人,从来都说不出什么有趣的话。)
Watching TV all day is really boring.(整天看电视真的很无聊。)
tedious:更强调因冗长、重复而使人感到厌烦、疲惫,通常用于描述任务、过程或经历。例如:
Filling out all these forms is a tedious job.(填写所有这些表格是一项枯燥的工作。)
The long and tedious meeting made everyone exhausted.(这场漫长而枯燥的会议让每个人都疲惫不堪。)