humourless

英 [ˈhjuːmələs]

美 [ˈhjuːmərləs]

adj.  无幽默感的

BNC.21870

牛津词典

adj.

• 无幽默感的
  not having or showing the ability to laugh at things that other people think are amusing

柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 humorless


• ADJ-GRADED 缺乏幽默感的;一本正经的
  If you accuse someone of beinghumourless, you mean that they are very serious about everything and do not find things amusing.
  1. He was a straight-faced, humourless character.
     他是个一脸严肃相、缺乏幽默感的人。

英英释义

adj

• lacking humor
  1. it was a humorless win
  Synonym:humorlessunhumorous

双语例句

• The consensus view seems to be that the Americans are being humourless and vindictive in their remorseless efforts to extradite and prosecute Mr McKinnon.
  英国媒体的一致看法似乎是美国人太过较真、报复心太强，执意要将麦金农引渡到美国审讯。
• The third prejudice is that Mr Carstens is a humourless technocrat, when what is required at the head of the IMF is a nimble politician who can alternately charm or enforce, like the elegant French candidate and finance minister, Christine Lagarde.
  第三种偏见是，卡斯滕斯是个没有幽默感的技术官员，而imf需要一位兼具个人魅力和执行力、灵活机敏的政治家作为领导人，比如举止优雅的法国财长克里斯蒂娜拉加德（christinelagarde）。
• A humourless person, style of writing Nothing spoils romance so much as a sense of humor in a woman.
  无幽默感的人、无风趣的文风.最有损于浪漫的，莫过于女人的幽默感。
• He was a straight-faced, humourless character.
  他是个一脸严肃相、缺乏幽默感的人。
• The 24-hour humourless hype is exhausting.
  24小时不间断的无趣炒作令人厌倦。
• Anyone expecting of this Scot a high-minded, humourless Puritan would have been surprised.
  任何指望阿拉斯泰尔这位苏格兰人是位高洁正经的清教徒式的人，都会感到意外。
• She is a sombre, humourless monster although some of her henchman, especially one with two heads, give us a laugh.
  她是一个阴沉而木讷的怪物，但她的随从怪物却逗得我们捧腹大笑，特别是那只双头怪物。
• I despair when I see how many companies are run by humourless number-crunchers.
  我绝望到看到，有那么多的公司由缺乏幽默感会计人员一手掌管。
• The priest was a humourless and moralistic man.
  那个牧师是个毫无幽默感的道德主义者。
• Always avoid the person who is cross, humourless, or full of theories.
  永远不要同那种动不动就生气，毫无幽默感，或是满嘴理论的人来往。