"he had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work"
"he was sick of the humdrum of his fellow prisoners"
"he hated the sameness of the food the college served"
1.单调乏味;无变化;一成不变
Themonotony of something is the fact that it never changes and is boring.
e.g. A night on the town may help to break themonotony of the week.
进城住一晚或许有助于消除一周生活的单调。
e.g. ...a life of securemonotony.
单调乏味的安稳生活
1. 单调:修道院(Monastery)这个字很美,它来自一个希腊的字根,那个字根的意思是「成为单独的」,它跟独占(monopoly),一夫一妻制(monogamy),和单调(monotony)等字来自同样的字根,那个mon 变成 monkk(和尚),和尚意味着一个想要单独生活的人.
2. 单音:monotonous work 单调工作 |monotony 单音 | monovular twins 同卵孪生子
3. 单一性,单调:monotonically decreasing function 单调下降函数 |monotony 单一性,单调 | monovalent 单价
名词复数::monotonies