他们时常陷入枯燥的日常事务之中。All too often they become enmeshed in deadening routines.上班时,他淹没在枯燥乏味的会海中。At work, he was chained to a system of boring meetings.新闻广播准确可靠但却非常枯燥。Broadcast news was accurate and reliable but deadly dull....
我们的确很亲近,非常在乎对方。We were really close. We thought the world of each other.别和他太亲近了——他是个无赖.Don't get too matey with him he's a rogue.你不要和他太亲近.Keep your distance from him....