But that's a far cry from saying that some people are just genetically doomed to be lackluster and others are destined to be brilliant.
但远不能说，某些人遗传上注定是平凡的，而另一些人注定会才华横溢。
But when we leave our lives and careers to chance, we can end up with a life and career that are at times lackluster and perhaps even unfulfilling.
但是当我们抓住人生或职业中的机会的时候，我们就能够结束那时常平淡和(甚至是)空虚的人生和职业生涯。
A source said: "Jen became seriously worried about Norman's mental health after his disappearance." He came back dazed and lackluster and often didn't seem to recognize her.
据消息人士称，珍妮弗相当担心诺曼的精神状况，狗狗在失踪回来之后表现得十分茫然和呆滞，甚至与似乎不认识了珍妮弗。
Don't get me wrong, this Latin American Zen master wanted to win, but not at the expense of poorly skilled players or lackluster execution of a game plan.
不要错误理解我的意思，这位拉丁美洲“禅师”喜欢赢球，只不过是不喜欢用那种功利无趣的战术和使用技术粗糙的球员。
Forecasters expect lackluster growth and continued high unemployment for a number of years.
分析人士预计增长乏力和高失业率将持续若干年。
It may be too early to call the 500 a flop, but a lackluster start has cast a shadow over CEO Sergio Marchionne's grand plans to expand in the U.S..
现在就说菲亚特500是款失败车型可能还为时过早，不过惨淡的开局却给CEO西尔·吉奥·马基·奥尼扩张美国市场的计划蒙上了一层阴影。
Lackluster progress reports and not hearing feedback from a supervisor is a good way to tell if your work has become routine.
如果上司对你的工作进步反应平平，或是没有什么反馈，这无疑表明你的工作已经成了例行公事。
The next few years were a fallow time for the electronic gaming industry as wave after wave of lackluster me-too console games flooded the market and drove sales south.
接下来的几年游戏产业休养生息， 一批批毫无创意的跟风游戏机大量涌入市场，并且开始向南部销售。
Wall Street was poised for a lackluster opening.
华尔街同样黯淡开幕。
The other looked like a lackluster rat in a science experiment -- no matter how many times it got electro-shocked, it kept going back for more.
另一支球队像一实验室里的小老鼠--不管有多少次电极，它总是要回去。
But even with a lackluster upgrade, Apple has little to fear from upstart smartphones like the Palm Pre, which launches on Saturday, June 6.
即便是这样小动作的升级，苹果依然不会担心其他新贵智能手机会超越它，如6月6日发布的PalmPre。
The point: If hiring managers had considered only Priestley's lackluster resume, he'd never have gotten a foot in the door.
重点在于：如果招聘经理只关注普利斯·特里平淡无奇的简历，他恐怕永远也没有机会迈入Facebook的大门。
What started as a lackluster platform on T-Mobile's G1 phone back in 2008, now runs on everything from phones to tablets to netbooks.
早在2008年最开始只是安装在T -MobileG1的低迷的手机平台，现在几乎无处不在，从手机到平板电脑到上网本。
Asian shares were higher while U.S. stocks were pointing to a lackluster start on Wall Street, with dow Jones Industrial Average futures down 2 points.
亚洲股市开盘走高，美国股指期货开盘略有下跌，道琼斯工业平均指数下挫。
There's a pile of evidence in the blogosphere suggesting Apple will release a lackluster upgrade for its popular iPhone.
有一大堆的证据表明苹果只会对非常流行的iphone做很小的升级。
I am a lackluster scholar, with scrubby and talent to Beijing fears that exam, as most of the same exam, go home frustrated.
我是一位落魄的书生，带着穷酸与才华战战兢兢的进京赶考，一如大都赶考的一样，失意而归。
Mulling over what his lackluster conference trip revealed about his life, the grad student takes a brief break from reality.
思索着自己乏善可陈的会议旅程揭示了自己人生的什么，博士生短暂地逃离了现实。
While industrial and photographic demand for the metal is lackluster, investors are buying the metal as a cheap proxy for gold.
尽管工业和摄影业对白银的需求并没增长，但投资者却把白银看成为较黄金便宜的替代品而追捧。
Not only is he recorded as the first user of more words than any other writer, he also made words up: we owe him eyeball, bloodstained, radiance, assassination and lackluster, to name but a few.
他不仅是史上用词最广泛的作家，还自创了很多词语，比如“眼球”、“血迹斑斑”、“光芒”、“暗杀”和“乏善可陈”等等。
Though I love the country as a whole, I'm afraid the amount of IT jobs available is kind of lackluster, unless you have 7 + years experience.
虽然总体上喜欢这个国家，但我担心在这个国家里大多数从业it工作的没什么前景，除非你的工作经验超过7年。
They regard this unfair competition as a key reason for the lackluster growth of the economy.
他们认为这种不公平竞争是经济增长乏力的关键原因。
But until now, most has focused on meeting red-hot local demand, which has made China a bright spot for U. S. automakers amid lackluster sales at home.
但直到现在，大多的目标在于满足白热化的中国本地需求，在家乡销量黯淡无光的美国汽车制造商更将中国看作亮点。
Thin trading made for a lackluster day on Wall Street, with desks short-staffed before the Memorial day holiday that will keep U. S. markets closed on Monday.
交易稀少导致了华尔街暗淡的一天，将士阵亡纪念日假期前办公室人手不足将导致美国市场周一持续关闭。
Over time, some worry the militants will try to regroup and potential discontent over a lackluster reconstruction effort could work to their advantage.
随着时间的推移，有人担心武装分子会试图重整旗鼓，在平淡的重建努力工作的潜在不满情绪可能对他们有利。
Laparoscopy has been suggested as an option, but surgery is something I've filed away in a "if I'm really desperate" drawer, with lackluster resignation.
也有人推荐我做腹腔镜检查，不过我一直把手术当成是没有办法的办法，等没退路时候再用。
Laparoscopy has been suggested as an option, but surgery is something I've filed away in a "if I'm really desperate" drawer, with lackluster resignation.
也有人推荐我做腹腔镜检查，不过我一直把手术当成是没有办法的办法，等没退路时候再用。
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