Sure, sometimes they're good, but most of the time they're boring, full of chit-chat or useless information, and really can be accomplished through a simple email or phone call.

当然，有时候它们也有好处，但更多的时候它们都是无聊的，全是扯淡或者没用的信息，简单一个电子邮件或电话就能取而代之。

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That took long, hard, boring hours on the training field, and players who were willing to perform unglamorous tasks for the good of the team.

二人设想的实现，需要在训练场上付出长期而枯燥的努力，球员也必须为了球队利益牺牲自我，默默无闻地执行任务。

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Blacks desire the good things in life, which so many other Americans have already gained; these things are now taken for granted by the white middle class and have even become somewhat boring.

黑人渴望其他很多美国人所过的那种美好生活，这种生活，美国中产阶级已经习以为常甚至开始厌倦。

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The matinees seemed to go on forever at a time when life held out the same prospect: trailers, cartoons, dumb shorts and then double features, with no distinctions drawn, at least by me, between good and bad, only between boring and not boring.

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The thought of her buttery lemon-ginger scones makes us forget we ever dismissed that baked good as dry and boring.

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But for me, and my boring technology firm, a conference like SXSW is not a good use of my time and resources.

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