该镇仍在努力改变自己的单调形象。

The town is still trying to cast off its dull image.

《牛津词典》

村子本身很美，但周围的田野相当单调。

The village itself is pretty, but the surrounding countryside is rather dull.

《牛津词典》

这是个单调的工作，和大多数工厂工作一样。

It's monotonous work, like most factory jobs.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

And eventually this question would start, "Is this really all there is to life, ?" just simple pleasure like this?"

最终疑问会变成，“难道生命仅此而已，只是这样单调的快感“

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But precisely, the human part of you is going to rebel at the unending parade of simple rat-like pleasures.

更确切地，你的人性会反抗,一股股永无止尽的单调的老鼠般的快感。

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It means something like a kind of dulled grayness or ordinariness of life.

它代表着一种,生活的灰暗，单调。

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