词汇 | nondescript |
释义 | nondescript adjective uk /ˈnɒn.dɪ.skrɪpt/ us /ˈnɑːn.dɪ.skrɪpt/ very ordinary, or having no interesting or exciting features or qualities: 平常的;平庸的;平淡无奇的 Their offices are in a nondescript building on the edge of town.他们的办公室在城郊一座不起眼的建筑内。 Synonym characterless Plain and ordinary as it comesidiom austere austerely austerity average Joe homespun homey humble humdrum middle-of-the-road sparely spartan stale starkly starkness unostentatious unostentatiously unpainted unremarkable unremarkably nondescript | American Dictionarynondescript adjective[ not gradable ] us/ˌnɑn·dɪˈskrɪpt/ having no interesting or unusual features; ordinary: A nondescript couple sat next to her in the waiting room. Examples of nondescriptnondescript His outward appearance as a nondescript older man is at odds with an inner emotional turmoil that he imagines he shares with many other older people. On an abstract level, nondescript features can resist the technologies of criminal typology emerging at this time: if one's features cannot be described, they cannot be classified, identified, or diagnosed. It is a nondescript document, noteworthy largely for what is not in it rather than what is. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is a return to the old indefinite form of a ship of a nondescript character, which was taken for a warship for certain purposes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Any apparently nondescript sentence could mean a clobbering for people anywhere in the country—and we heard quite a few nondescript sentences. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think there is anything exceptionally bad or good about them; they are nondescript. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think it is due to the owners of certificates that they should be preserved from this nondescript opposition. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is nondescript and inaccessible to the public. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I gather that in the meat trade the illicit profits to be gained from selling nondescript unfit meat as manufacturing beef are large. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How much money is being allocated to community care—or is it now called care in the community, or hidden within some other nondescript phrase? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We cannot really accept this kind of legacy from such a nondescript source. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not open to the public; it is full of weeds and it takes the form of a high bank with some rather nondescript shrubs upon it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are to be nondescripts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The guidelines were extremely general and nondescript. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They were of a nondescript character. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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