词汇 | longueur |
释义 | longueur noun[ Cusually plural ] literaryuk /lɔ̃ˈɡɜːr/ us /lɔ̃ˈɡɝː/ a boring part of something, especially a book, film, etc.: (尤指书籍、影片等的)沉闷部分 Despite the occasional longueurs, this is an impressive first novel.尽管有些段落很沉闷,但它仍不失为一部给人留下深刻印象的小说处女作。 the state of being unhappy and uninterested boredomThere's nothing to do at the cabin - I might die of boredom. tediumFilming a televison show involves a fair bit of waiting and tedium behind the scenes. tediousnessI can't imagine the tediousness of cataloguing every single piece of writing in the archive. wearinessShe listened to his complaining with a growing sense of weariness. ennuiHis latest book was about suburban ennui and the middle-aged desire for something new. drearinessShe wanted to go to the big city and escape the dreariness of her rural, small-town life. Boredom, tedium and boring things banality blandness boredom cabin fever commonplace ennui flatness frustration insipidness jejune screed snooze snoozefest sterility stodginess stuffiness the same old thingidiom torpor turgid yawningly Examples of longueurlongueur These four operas had endless technical blemishes - scripts full of dramatic longueurs, scores with little feeling for real instruments (though they may have sounded all right played on a computer). If there have been any longueurs, it is because of the strictures of statute. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The play seemed surprisingly long and showed real longueurs not only in the production but also in the text. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Incident follows incident, exciting escape upon terrible adventure; on and on without pause or "longueur" the dramatic narrative proceeds, until the inevitable tragic end is reached. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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