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.古板乏味的50年代被多姿多彩的60年代所取代。The stuffy "50s gave way to the swinging "60s.我开车回家，一路上思考着自己更为乏味的生活方式。I drove home contemplating my own more pedestrian lifes...

“乏味的”的英语可以翻译为：dull，insipid，unattractive，bland，drab ...