他们时常陷入枯燥的日常事务之中。All too often they become enmeshed in deadening routines.他写了一组非常单调枯燥的曲子。He has written a batch of very samey tunes.原本显得沉闷枯燥的诗歌突然有了生气。Poems which had seemed dull and boring suddenly came to life....

“枯燥的”的英语可以翻译为：as dry as a chip，sterile，bald ...