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Bore
Less is a bore.
越少越无聊。
Dullness is a misdemeanour.
迟钝是一种轻罪。
I have a fear of being boring.
我害怕无聊。
We always get bored with those whom we bore.
我们总是对那些让我们厌烦的人感到厌烦。
Endless motorbike talk can and does bore me.
没完没了的摩托车谈话让我厌烦。
Better to go than sit around being a terrible old bore.
与其干坐着做个讨厌的老家伙,还不如去。
Only those who want everything done for them are bored.
只有那些想把所有事情都做好的人才会感到无聊。
Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
无聊的人,名词。当你希望他听时,他就说话。
A bore is a man who, when you ask him how he is, tells you.
无聊的人是当你问他怎么样时,他会告诉你。
I get diminishing returns when I bore myself in an interview.
当我在面试中感到无聊时,我得到的回报会递减。
Too many church services start at eleven sharp and end at twelve dull.
太多的教堂礼拜从十一点整开始,到十二点整结束。
When a man bores a woman, she complains. When a woman bores a man, he ignores her.
当男人让女人厌烦时,她会抱怨。当女人使男人厌烦时,他会忽略她。
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Baldwin thought Europe was a bore, and Chamberlain thought it was only a greater Birmingham.
鲍德温认为欧洲是个令人讨厌的地方,而张伯伦则认为那只是一个更大的伯明翰。
I could never play the ingenue, the girl next door or the very successful young doctor. That would be a bore.
我永远也演不出天真无邪、邻家女孩或非常成功的年轻医生。那将是一件令人厌烦的事。
If you are a bore, strive to be a rascal also so that you may not discredit virtue.
如果你是一个令人厌烦的人,也要努力做一个流氓,这样你就不会败坏美德。
A bore is a man who spends so much time talking about himself that you can’t talk about yourself.
一个无聊的人花太多时间谈论自己,以至于你不能谈论自己。