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....
詹姆斯·福克斯以《欲望城》一书最为出名.James Fox is best known as the author of White Mischief.詹姆斯从卧室出来，用毛巾擦着他湿漉漉的头发。James came out of his bedroom, toweling his wet hair.医生说詹姆斯的心脏有杂音。The doctor said James had now deve-loped a heart murmur....
关于他的爱情生活,他们散播了许多不堪的闲言闲语.They spread a lot of tacky gossip about his love life.他到处散播谣言.He buzzed the rumour everywhere.不要散播流言,破坏我的名誉.Don't blacken my name by spreading rumors....