他的小说都是些肤浅沉闷的玩意儿，只有一本除外。With one exce-ption his novels are shallow and lifeless things.他让这场总体很沉闷的辩论时不时迸出了些火花。He managed to lighten the generally lifeless debate at times.只要能打破他们日常刻板、沉闷的生活，任何事情他们都喜欢。They enjoy anything tha...

“沉闷的”的英语可以翻译为：depressing，depressive，dreary，oppressive，ponderous ...