| 词汇 | unglamorous |
| 释义 | unglamorous adjective uk /ʌnˈɡlæm.ər.əs/ us /ʌnˈɡlæm.ə.əs/ not glamorous (= especially attractive and exciting): 无趣的，乏味的;没有吸引力的 unglamorous work/surroundings乏味的工作／沉闷的环境 Synonyms commonplace humdrum prosaicformal Opposite glamorous Not attractive to look at back end be no oil paintingidiom be not much to look atidiom bleakly bleakness gopping gracelessly have a face like the back end of a busidiom hideous hideousness pretty-pretty putridly reptilian scrappily scrappy unpretty unshapely unsightly vulgarity vulgarly Examples of unglamorousunglamorous By comparison, monasteries, while sufficiently disliked, were unglamorous and little understood. Meanwhile, crouching in their circle of wagons down in the valley we have the unglamorous, rationalistic individualists. In reality, it is from backstage, a very unglamorous and even chaotic world with virtually no relation to the illusion the audience sees onstage. However, this paper has argued that we would perhaps do better to see the future as an equally flawed and unglamorous version of the present. But she neglected to mention the unglamorous reality of the female share of technological society: women were bound to household tasks just as much as they had been before. This may sound rather unglamorous and certainly very humdrum. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some members felt that that was somewhat unglamorous and chose to rename it "the convention". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our work is often unglamorous, it can be stressful and not particularly spectacular, but our goals are great, and so much is expected of us. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Yes, heart disease and cancer matter, but if funding for them will come from a fixed overall cake, will the unglamorous be left behind? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are usually highly unglamorous they are a nuisance rather than a menace they are pathetic and riotously unsuccessful. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a long, difficult and unglamorous road, but one from which there can be no turning back. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Of course, too, this is the unglamorous side of public expenditure management, requiring enormous, but often unrecognised, effort. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What we need is quite unglamorous and it is not an easy or ready answer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is dirty and unglamorous work, and there will not be a lot of money in it for them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Partly because of the lack of controversy surrounding the subject, the issue has become rather unglamorous. 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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