词汇精选：monotonous的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

adj.

单调的，无抑扬顿挫的；无变化的，枯燥无味的

例句：

She has a very monotonous voice; she should have it modulated.

她的声音很单调，应该加以调整。

例句：

The food may get a bit monotonous, but there'll be enough of it.

饭菜可能会有些单一，但管够。

二、词义辨析：

dull,tedious,monotonous,dreary

这些形容词均表示“单调的、乏味的、厌烦的”之意。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。monotonous指没有变化、重复单调的。dreary侧重无趣味的，不活泼的事或思想状态。

三、参考例句：

I do not like my monotonous work.

我不喜欢我那单调乏味的工作。

The preacher's monotonous voice put me to sleep.

传教士单调的声音催我入眠。

She has a very monotonous voice; she should have it modulated.

她的声音很单调，应该加以调整。

It was, for example, long thought that the DNA molecules were of monotonous regularity.

长期以来认为，分子量很大的DNA分子具有严格规律性。

The explorer live on a monotonous diet of bean and rice.

探险者靠吃豆子和米饭这些单调的食物为生。

The explorer lives on a monotonous diet of bean and rice.

探险者靠吃豆子和米饭这些单调的食物为生。

There seems to be nothing there but languid and monotonous smoke.

那儿似乎什么都没有，只有那死气沉沉的单调的煤烟。

He spoilt the poem by reading it in a monotonous voice.

这首诗在他单调的声音朗读下黯然失色。

The same old favourites recur year in year out with monotonous regularity.

一些相同的老嗜好年复一年地以单调的规律重现。

Nevertheless this bird is not so monotonous a singer as he is reputed.

尽管如此，这种鸟的鸣叫也并没有像人们所说的那样单调。