这可以是任何东西，一次枯燥的演讲或布道，或者是人们单调的一段对话。

This could be anything ranging from a boring lecture or sermon, to a monotonous conversation with people.

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几句笑话可给枯燥无味的演讲增添活跃的气氛。

A few jokes add leaven to a boring speech.

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每日新闻报道都在对那种枯燥乏味的演讲（糟糕的讲台布置先放在一边）进行猛烈的抨击。

The daily press was scathing about what was—dodgy stage-management aside—a dreary, earthbound slab of oratory.

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