uninspired

英 [ˌʌnɪnˈspaɪəd]

美 [ˌʌnɪnˈspaɪərd]

adj.  无创意的; 不激励人心的; 乏味的

BNC.24286 / COCA.23997

牛津词典

adj.

• 无创意的；不激励人心的；乏味的
  not original or exciting

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 缺乏创造力的；单调乏味的
  If you describe something or someone asuninspired, you are criticizing them because they do not seem to have any original or exciting qualities.
  1. The script was singularly uninspired...
     这个剧本极其没有创意。
  2. ...an honest if uninspired leader...
     诚实正直但却缺乏创见的领袖
  3. Food in the dining car was adequate, if uninspired.
     餐车里的食品虽然量足够多，但花样太少。

英英释义

adj

• deficient in originality or creativity
  1. a sterile ideology lacking in originality
  2. unimaginative development of a musical theme
  3. uninspired writing
  Synonym:sterileunimaginativeuninventive
• having no intellectual or emotional or spiritual excitement
  1. the production was professional but uninspired

双语例句

• The dull, repetitive combat and uninspired mission structure prevent At World's End from being much fun. some, lacking a firm will to fight, were content to drift along;
  枯燥而重复的战斗和缺乏创意的任务设定让本作的光彩大减。有的人缺乏坚定的战斗意志，而抱着苟且偷安得过且过的心理；
• This may be because you see the day ahead of you as routine, which could leave you feeling uninspired.
  如此的缺乏活力，也许是因为你将即将来到的这一天看成是例行公事，继而缺乏新鲜感。
• He is viewed as a good speaker but a poor leader who is running against Mitt Romney, viewed as uninspired and whose positions on many issues are unclear.
  人们觉得他是一位出色的演说家，但并非一位优秀的领袖，而其竞选对手米特•罗姆尼相对来说缺乏生气，对很多问题的立场也不明确。
• The president found himself with defeatists, traitors, dismissed generals, tortuous party politicians, and a doubting and fatigued people behind him and uninspired generals and depressed troops before him;
  总统发现自己周围满是失败主义者、叛徒、被撤职的将领和极端苦恼的党派政治家，身后是怀疑、疲惫的人民，面前是萎靡不振的将领、情绪沮丧的军队；
• GM's product line has been criticized by some analysts as uninspired.
  在此以前，分析家曾经批评通用的产品缺乏设计灵感。
• The Office shines a light on everything that stinks about the modern workplace: the overzealous enforcement of health and safety rules, and the torturing team-building courses favored by some employers to motivate their badly dressed and uninspired employees.
  《办公室》突出了现代职场一切令人深恶痛绝的事情：强制实行的健康安全规定和折磨人的团队建设课程，这些深受老板们青睐，用来激励那些不修边幅、毫无生气的员工。
• It has thus generally been by way of the emphasis on oral literary creativity that these Chicano writers, whose English language works are sometimes uninspired, developed the powerful and arresting language that characterized their Spanish-language works.
  因此，一般而言，正是通过对口头文学创造性的强调，这些奇卡诺作家其英语作品时常显得缺乏灵感才得以发展一种强有力的和富于吸引力的语言，并以此构成了他们西班牙语作品的特征。
• When people think of routines, they think about monotonous, boring, and uninspired behaviors.
  人们想到常规时，他们就想单调、无聊、无奇的行为。
• The production was professional but uninspired.
  演出是专业性的，但很沉闷。
• Network and high-tech make a variety of graphic design forms, so local and personalized designs will also demonstrated their individuality compared to rigid and uninspired design.
  网络和高科技使得平面设计形态多种多样，那么绿色的、本土的、个性化的设计作品就会从那些平淡无奇、缺乏创意的设计作品中脱颖而出，吸引受众的注意力。