| 1. | Lab work is dull and repetitious .
实验室里的工作味同嚼蜡翻来覆去。 |
| 2. | A dull book lacks interest .
枯燥的书味同嚼蜡。 |
| 3. | His frequent use of cliches made his essay seem banal .
由于他反复使用这些陈腐的题材，所以他的文章味同嚼蜡。 |
| 4. | I found it a disappointing thriller -- very milk-and-water stuff .
我认为这部惊险小说令人失望简直味同嚼蜡。 |
| 5. | Miss brooke knows that they are apt to become feeble in his utterance .
布鲁克小姐明白，他的话一出口，就变得味同嚼蜡了。 |
| 6. | Heavens, how stale and distasteful his former pursuits and friendships appeared to him !
天哪，他从前那些消遣和友谊，现在看来，真是味同嚼蜡，毫不足道！ |
| 7. | God , it tastes like paraffin
上帝啊，这简直味同嚼蜡 |
| 8. | How do you add calcium to chocolate without tasting chalk - a - lot
怎样给巧克力里面添加钙质而又使它吃起来不那么味同嚼蜡。 |
| 9. | " a lot of cheddar cheese today is young , slippery and rubbery . it ' s really tasteless , " he says , with samples of grafton cheddar that ' s been aged four , five and even six years
现在有很多切达乳酪熟成不够，滑滑的，像橡皮一样。真是味同嚼蜡。他这么说，而那些格拉夫顿的切达样品都已经熟成了四、五甚至六年。 |
| 10. | Add to this double apprehension , the mystery that still hung over the behaviour of my friends ; their unexplained desertion of the stockade ; their inexplicable cession of the chart ; or harder still to understand , the doctor s last warning to silver , look out for squalls when you find it ; and you will readily believe how little taste i found in my breakfast , and with how uneasy a heart i set forth behind my captors on the quest for treasure
为什么要交出地图？这些都无法得到解释，还有大夫对西尔弗提出的最后警告： “你们快找到宝藏时，可别大喊大叫的。 ”读者如果设身处地替我想想，就很容易理解，我吃的早饭为什么味同嚼蜡，为什么跟在海盗们后面出发探宝时会心惊胆颤。 |
