小说主要的瑕疵在于偶尔让人感到乏味的部分，这损害了主要故事情节。编辑或许可以删除一些乏味部分。
The novel’s main flaw is that its occasional longueurs detract from the main storyline; its editor might have wielded a sharper pair of scissors.
今年国际货币基金组织和世界银行年会于10月8日至10日在华盛顿举行，其组织者想让这次在以往常常让人感到乏味的聚会变得有趣一些。
THE organisers of this year's annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, held in Washington, DC, on October 8th–10th, wanted to jazz up what can often be tedious gatherings.
讲演者那冗长乏味的讲话使我们感到厌烦。
你不会感到乏味:这并非一组风格雷同的祖先们的画像.
Do not yawn: this is no tedious group of ancestor likenesses.
问题在于，近年来，成本削减动机导致了办公室设计的标准化，留下了常常照明过度而又乏味的空间，许多人都感到这种空间并不适合自己的工作模式。
The trouble is that in recent years, the drive to cut costs has led to standardisation in the design of offices, leaving bland, often over-lit spaces that many find do not suit their working patterns.
老套的剧情可能会使一些观众感到乏味，但小史密斯和成龙之间产生的化学反应却为该片带来一些新鲜气息。
While the cliched plot may bore some audience members, the chemistry between Smith and Chan gives the film some fresh air.
而我为美国人也感到难过，菲利普·普尔曼令人回想的《北极之光》现如今也变成了单调乏味的《黄金罗盘》。
And I was sad that, for Americans, Philip Pullman's evocative "Northern Lights" became the tedious "Golden Compass".
我的看法是，如果你感到无聊，那是因为你的生活很乏味所以你无法充分利用这些多出来的时间。
My opinion is that if you're bored, it's because you're boring. You'll fill up the extra time with more of who you are.
无论你是Google的粉丝还是Bing的粉丝，日复一日的使用同一款搜索引擎总会感到单调乏味。
Regardless if you are on team Bing or team Google, using the same search engine day in and day out grows monotonous over time.
多年来，他对她的感情日益淡薄，感到和她在一起很乏味。
For years he had been steadily modifying his matrimonial devotion, and found her company dull.
另一方面，当你照读准备好的讲稿时，你失去了和听众之间的联系令他们感到乏味。
On the other hand, when you read from a prepared script, you "disconnect" from the audience and people get bored.
几年前，我感觉对老一套感到枯燥乏味，所以我决定追随伟大的美国哲学家摩根·斯普尔洛克的脚步，尝试做新事情30天。
A few years ago, I felt like I was stuck in a rut, so I decided to follow in the footsteps of the great American philosopher, Morgan Spurlock, and try something new for 30 days.
可琢磨的东西很多，足够她欣赏个一年半载也不会感到乏味。
It was much to ponder over, and sufficed to entertain her for more than a year without becoming stale.
我感到奇怪的是你竟会认为住在这个城市很乏味。
I am surprised that you should think this city is a dull place to live in.
我痛恨写作业，那些不管是老师朗读还是自己写作都感到极度痛苦的，冗长，乏味的文章。
I hated the assignments to turn out long, lifeless paragraphs that were agony for teachers to read and for me to write.
有了兴趣，我们就会感到原本枯燥乏味的学习突然间变得有趣了，我们愿意去学习了。
With interest, we would feel that learning, which used to be so boring, suddenly becomes so much fun and thus we are happy and self-motivated to learn.
我的父母经常给我解释做家务活对我的重要性，即使这经常让我感到十分乏味，我正在逐渐习惯做家务事，并且我从中了解它对我的学习的好处。
And my parents explain the importance of doing housework to me, although sometimes it makes me feel bored, I am getting used to it and I see the benefits from it which enables me to study better.
你喜欢聪明、有幽默感、不被常规、世俗观点束缚的人。你并不是一个反对崇拜偶像者，但是枯燥、机械重复的学习确实会让你感到乏味。
You appreciate people who are clever, have a good sense of humor, and who do not simply follow the status quo or accepted views.
例如，如果他们需要学习英语，同时他们又喜欢音乐或体育，他们可以听英文歌曲或看英语的体育节目，这样他们不会感到乏味。
For example, if they need to learn English and they Iike music or sports, they can listen to English songs or watch sports programs in English. This way they will not get bored.
除了其中的一章，这本书的大部分内容使他感到乏味。
Most of the book had bored him, with the exception of one chapter.
机器的内部结构让我感到乏味，但我听说土木工程不大一样。
The insides of machines bored me, but there remained, I was told, civil engineering.
沉闷乏味的演讲大多数听众感到厌烦。
阿布会为他的朋友的胜利感到高兴，而忽略了比赛大部分时间的冗长乏味，也忽略了切尔西只是在瓦仑西亚无缘无故昏了头之后才打了半场好球。
Abramovich will be delighted for his friend and will ignore the long periods of tedium and Chelsea only coming into the game after half-time because Valencia, inexplicably, lost their way.
阿布会为他的朋友的胜利感到高兴，而忽略了比赛大部分时间的冗长乏味，也忽略了切尔西只是在瓦仑西亚无缘无故昏了头之后才打了半场好球。
Abramovich will be delighted for his friend and will ignore the long periods of tedium and Chelsea only coming into the game after half-time because Valencia, inexplicably, lost their way.
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