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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
People who know me wondered why I would go for what seemed to be such a dull and low status job. Even my new boss asked if I would be bored.
我认识的人都想知道为什么我会选择做一个这样无趣和低级的工作，即使我新的老板也问我是否会感到无聊。
A number of difficult situations can make the life of even the happiest person dull and miserable.
一些艰难的困境甚至会让那些最幸福的人感到生活无趣、糟糕。
More serious is that the current educational theory is basically not a dull the flavor of the culture, and even a bit posturing game.
更严重的是，当下的教育理论基本上是一场没有文化味道的乏味的、甚至有几分装腔作势的游戏。
There is a saying that all work no play makes Jack a dull, it tells people they should find the amusement sometimes, people just can't work all the time, even the machine needs to take a break.
有一句话说，只有工作没有娱乐会让人变傻，这告诉人们应该时而找些乐子，不能一直工作，即使是机器也需要休息。
Unlike city life which is colorful and noisy, life in the countryside is quiet and peaceful, sometimes it is even boring and dull.
与多彩和喧嚣的城市生活不同，乡村生活安静祥和，有时甚至单调枯燥。
With no bad habits sounds a basic term, but if there is no other attraction beyond that, you will find him a dull one. To live with him what to eat flavorless porridge without even side dishes.
没有不良嗜好，听起来是个基本条件，但是如果除了没有不良嗜好之外，他就没什么好说的，你极可能会发现他是一个无趣的人，跟他一起过日子，好像永远在喝一碗没有加任何调味料的粥，连个配饭的小菜也没有。
Today she writes me a letter – not one of those dull stock-report letters. She writes me from the heart, in language that even my little Murray could understand.
今天她来了一封信—并不是那种枯燥的流水帐，她给我写的全是心里话，用的话连我的小默里都能看懂。
Today she writes me a letter – not one of those dull stock-report letters. She writes me from the heart, in language that even my little Murray could understand.
今天她来了一封信—并不是那种枯燥的流水帐，她给我写的全是心里话，用的话连我的小默里都能看懂。
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