jejune

发音

英 [dʒɪˈdʒu:n]word uk audio image

美 [dʒəˈdʒun] word us audio image

  • adj.
    (指思想、著作等)浅薄的
    幼稚的
    缺乏营养的
    贫瘠的

单词词源

jejune 单调的,空洞的

来自拉丁语ieiunus,空的,干的,字面意思为绝食,饥饿,来自PIE*ieg,献祭,牺牲,神圣的,词源同hagiography,hagiology.引申词义单调的,空洞的。比较其同源词dine,dinner.

反义词

双语例句

1. His jejune approach to decision-making - know yourself but not necessarily the facts - is downright repellent .
他那种幼稚的决策方法了解你自己,而不必了解事实是完全不能被人接受的。
2. Then she was gone , leaving me in unexpectedly jejune loneliness .
于是她走了,置我于意想不到的空虚孤独之中。
3. We were surprised by their jejune responses to our problems .
他们空洞的反应让我们很惊讶。
4. It is jejune to treat copyright enforcement as a breach of human rights , ethically equivalent to cracking down on free speech in china or the middle east .
将版权执法视为侵犯人权可谓一种幼稚的理念,版权执法在伦理上并不等同于中国或中东压制言论自由的行为。

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