Zhu believed that there's no shortcut to success, and sometimes dull efforts are necessary.

朱认为，成功没有捷径，有时枯燥的努力是必要的。

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No doubt some big, dull companies will do well in 2011.

当然一些大型的、单调的公司也能在2011年有良好表现。

youdao

When everything is about work we are far less likely to do a good job. And of course, all work and no play, makes Jill a dull girl.

如果我们远离工作，我们不可能把工作干好，反过来，只有工作没有玩耍，也会使得吉尔姑娘变成一个呆滞的姑娘。

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He takes on a new assistant, in the shape of Troy (Colin Hanks) a pleasant fellow, who keeps telling us (in a superfluous voice-over) how life-changing the experience has been, although he seems no less dull at the end of it than he did at the start.

NEWYORKER: The Great Buck Howard

He had everything to live for, on a Tuesday, and no reason to dull his life with liquor, no reason to hide in a whiskey haze.

NPR: Excerpt: 'The Prince of Frogtown'

No doubt some big, dull companies will do well in 2011.

ECONOMIST: Leaders