枯燥

kū zào

HSK 6

Meaning

单调乏味，没有趣味。

Dull and dry; uninteresting.

形容事物或内容缺乏趣味，让人感到无聊。

Used to describe things or content that lack interest and make people feel bored.

1 这本书的内容太枯燥了，我读了几页就睡着了。 (The content of this book is too dull; I fell asleep after a few pages.)
2 他的演讲非常枯燥，观众都在玩手机。 (His speech was very boring; the audience was all on their phones.)
3 每天做重复的工作让我觉得很枯燥。 (Doing repetitive work every day makes me feel very dull.)
4 这份报告写得太枯燥了，全是数字和表格。 (This report is written too dryly; it's all numbers and tables.)
5 学习语法可能是枯燥的，但掌握后很有用。 (Learning grammar can be tedious, but it's useful once mastered.)

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