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小词详解 | insipid
insipid 英 [ɪnˈsɪpɪd] 美 [ɪnˈsɪpɪd]
The insipid performance is in line with updated forecasts from the Bank of England, which thinks the economy will now stagnate in the first half of this year, rather than fall into a recession.
平淡的表现与英国央行的最新预测相符,该行认为今年上半年经济将停滞不前,而非陷入衰退。
——《经济学人》Some tomatoes are velvety, brilliantly red, and full of flavor, while others are tough, underripe, and insipid.
有些番茄柔软光滑,红得发亮,味道浓郁,而另一些则很硬,未成熟,淡而无味。
——《纽约时报》
[形容词] 缺乏味道的
一杯淡而无味的温咖啡
a cup of insipid and tepid coffee
一本页页皆是陈词滥调的乏味小说
an insipid novel with platitudes on every page表面上那个大美女似乎温顺驯服,相当乏味无趣。
On the surface the knockout seemed meek, rather insipid.
Warm with the fancies of youth, pretty with the insipid prettiness of the formative period, possessed of a figure promising eventual shapeliness and an eye alight with certain native intelligence, she was a fair example of the middle American class—two generations removed from the emigrant.
她充满着年轻人的热烈幻想。虽然漂亮,她还只是一个正在发育阶段的美人胎子。不过从她的身段已经可以看出将来发育成熟时的美妙体态了。她的眼睛里透着天生的聪明。她是一个典型的美国中产阶级少女——她们家已是移民的第三代了。
banal: so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring bland: lacking strong features or characteristics and therefore uninteresting vapid: offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging