As tolerance spreads, gay life is becoming more suburban, contented and even dull.
随着社会渐趋宽容,同志生活正迁往郊外,而且愈加惬意,甚至庸常不惊。
All ten in each list, with the exception of Sydney and Calgary, might be considered rather homely, even dull.
两项排名中的前十城市,除了悉尼和卡尔加里,可能都被认为很平常普通,甚至缺乏活力。
Even dull people cannot fail to realize that their well-being ultimately depends on the operation of forces beyond man's wisdom, knowledge, prevision, and provision.
即令愚笨的人也不会不知道他的幸福终于要受那些超出人的智慧、知识、先见和准备以外的力量的支配。
Groups may impose unwritten norms on us, warp or exaggerate our decisions, even dull our creativity, but these effects are often the flip side of forces that make groups strong.
群体或许会将不成文的规范强加于我们,扭曲或夸大我们的决定,甚至磨钝我们的创造性,但这些只是群体力量的一个方面,另一方面这种力量使得群体强壮。
Even on wet days it could not be said that Mary and Colin were dull.
即使在雨天,玛丽和科林也不无聊。
It's up to you to plug the leak—even though there are always a dozen reasons to stay stuck in your dull routines of life.
这取决于你是否能填补这个漏洞——尽管总有一堆的理由把你困在枯燥的每日常规工作中。
EVEN sky-high prices have done little to inject much in the way of mystique or glamour into the dull world of commodities.
即使是极高的价格也无助于给沉闷的大宗商品世界注入太多神秘感或魅力。
She even admits that those long swims are a bit dull.
她甚至承认,那些长期游泳有点沉闷。
The new and extraordinary becomes familiar and even, in some ways, dull.
新奇和绝妙的感觉早已司空见惯,人们有时甚至感到枯燥无味。
Granted, he was so dull that even his campaign song admitted it.
州长掉以轻心,表现糟糕,连自己的竞选歌曲都承认他乏善可陈。
Another is that aliens visited Earth and found our planet so dull that we didn't even merit a rating on their interstellar travel guide.
另一个答案是外星人已经造访过地球,发现我们的星球太原始太枯燥,根本不值得在星际旅游的导游册中浪费笔墨。
Materials make change the appearance of a whole shape, but sometimes even the shiniest objects can seem dull.
材质改变了整体形状的表现,但有些时候最闪的物体看上去也会很无趣。
Oh yes, I know it can also be dull and dreary, exhausting and depressing, and sometimeseven dangerous: but even these aspects can serve to embellish the final story.
哦,是的,我也承认这么做会很无聊,让你精疲力尽并且无比压抑,甚至有时让你身处险境,但相对于整件事非凡的意义,这些小插曲也无伤大雅。
He did not even glance toward the coffin, but continued to look at her with a dull, frightened, appealing expression, as a spaniel looks at the whip.
他没有朝灵柩看一眼,而是继续用一种迟钝、恐惧、祈求的神情望着她,犹如一条望着鞭子的狗。
If two people being followed both take this unusual precaution near the same location at the same time, even the most dull-witted watcher may infer that a clandestine meeting is afoot.
如果两名被盯上哨的人同时出现在同一地点的附近,而且都保持异常的警惕,那么就算再蠢的人看到也能猜到他们要上演一出秘密接头的好戏。
Sea urchins are perhaps best known for their armor of spines. But their mouths may be even more daunting-urchin teeth can literally chew through stone without getting dull.
也许关于海胆,人们知道得最多的是它们的棘刺盔甲。但是,它们的口器可能更令人望而生畏——毫不夸张地说,海胆的牙齿可以把岩石咬碎,却永远不会变钝。
Unless I am doing something exciting, even dangerous, I feel half-dead and dull.
如果不能做些令人兴奋甚至危险性相当高的事情,我就觉得无比烦闷。
So when we get paid for something we automatically assume that the task is dull, tedious and painful—even when it isn't.
所以当我们做了某事而得到报酬的时候我们往往会不由自主的假定该任务是无趣沉闷又痛苦的事——即便任务本身并不是这样。
During spring everything comes to life, even our dull winter wardrobe.
春回大地,万物复苏,我们暗淡的冬装衣橱也是时候醒来了。
Even if it is dull and unfulfilling at times you are still better off than the many people who are desperately seeking employment.
即使这时常是枯燥无趣的,你还是比那些正拼命找工作的人要好得多。
Some may find this agenda too procedural, even a bit dull.
一些人或许认为,上述议程太过迂腐。
But their mouths may be even more daunting-urchin teeth can literally chew through stone without getting dull.
但是,它们的口器可能更令人望而生畏——毫不夸张地说,海胆的牙齿可以把岩石咬碎,却永远不会变钝。
Its eyes glowed a dull red, even though they were a lot closer to the ground, and it dribbled into the nettles.
它的两只眼睛距离地面近了许多,闪现出隐隐绿光。口水也滴在草丛中。
Our hair looks even much more dim and dull after the winter than our skin, because the static causes the dryness and frication. Haircut is very needed after winter is over.
冬天结束后,我们的头发常常因为静电所致会看起来比肤色更暗淡,干燥。
Wanting in perseverance, such volatile natures are outstripped in the race of life by the diligent and even the dull.
缺乏了毅力,那些反复无常的人就会在生存竞争中被勤奋甚至迟钝的人所超越。
Wanting in perseverance, such volatile natures are outstripped in the race of life by the diligent and even the dull.
缺乏了毅力,那些反复无常的人就会在生存竞争中被勤奋甚至迟钝的人所超越。
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