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单词 unadventurous
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Definition of unadventurous in English:

unadventurous

adjectiveʌnədˈvɛntʃ(ə)rəsˌənædˈvɛn(t)ʃərəs
  • Not offering, involving, or eager for new or stimulating things.

    无冒险精神的,不勇敢的;无新意的

    he was the unadventurous type

    他属于没有冒险精神的那类人。

    an unadventurous menu

    毫无新意的菜单。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • His choreographic language is traditional and a little unadventurous but he has made a ballet which exudes self-confidence and fun.
    • If you strayed over to BBC Four on the night that the 2004 British Folk Awards were broadcast, you won't need reminding how utterly unadventurous our traditional music scene has become.
    • Traditionally, the food industry has taken a rather unadventurous outlook, nurturing secrecy and marketing based on the classical avenues of flavour, price and predictability.
    • The art collections were criticised for being unadventurous, and the building's basement, which has very little natural light, was ill - suited to its use as an exhibition space.
    • And while the elements forming the core of the ten compositions presented here remain pretty straightforward and unadventurous, the process applied by Cichy and Pudlo gives this album its consistence and body.
    • At a certain point I determined that pretty much everything I was thinking about was pretty unadventurous and everyone knew it already so I kind of left my sketches and doodles aside and only fiddled with them when no one was looking.
    • These aren't bad things at all - it's the trite Italian-American menu unadventurous eaters adore.
    • If Zadie came to a dinner party at my house she would probably conclude that I was some kind of white supremacist; or at least very, very boring and unadventurous.
    • The M8 ‘improvement’ project sums up the unadventurous government of low ambitions that is led by Jack McConnell.
    • In reality, I'm just a unadventurous kinda girl.
    • Forget those conservative, unadventurous tags and think bohemian, diverse instead - after all, where else could you walk barefoot and feel totally at home?
    • Few, even among Dutch painters, led such an unadventurous life, yet in his dedication to his art, and the sacrifice of his well-being to his unremitted meticulous toil, he fell little short of the heroic.
    • In an era when life is lived at breakneck speed and anyone who's anyone is a cool, cosmopolitan coffee quaffer, the reliable, unadventurous, humble old cuppa ain't where it's at any longer.
    • Even in the last couple of decades, Pamela has often been treated as an unadventurous or unappealing apprentice work - a stage that Richardson had to go through before he could get around to something worthwhile.
    • Its attempt to comment on everything from politics to time travel, child abuse and mental illness makes most American films of the past year seem staid and unadventurous by comparison.
    • Marsh, who joined in 1978, personifies the BBC's ‘serious’ side, with a reputation among staff as demanding if unadventurous.
    • We've been really unadventurous and painted it in exactly the same colours as the living room in Halifax was (Crown Period Colours), which we really liked.
    • Halibut with beurre blanc, from the list of plats du jour, may sound unadventurous, but there was nothing dull about it, especially since a subtle hint of fennel enhanced the dish without ever threatening to overpower it.
    • But Denève appears to see this not as a depressing indictment of our unadventurous approach to music, more as ‘a cliché to be changed’.
    • Since then, his unadventurous diplomacy has led him to some roles unsuited to more outspoken figures.
    Synonyms
    cautious, careful, prudent, chary, circumspect, wary, hesitant, tentative, timid
    conservative, conventional, traditional, unenterprising, unexciting, unimaginative, uncreative, restrained, limited, boring, strait-laced, stuffy, narrow-minded
    informal cagey, square, straight, stick-in-the-mud, uptight

Derivatives

  • unadventurously

  • adverbʌnədˈvɛn(t)ʃ(ə)rəsliˌənædˈvɛn(t)ʃ(ə)rəsli
    • We had of course small classes, and I remember the standard of teaching as being unadventurously good.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Post the main course, we unadventurously order vanilla ice-cream with chocolate sauce for dessert.
      • The rooms are unadventurously decorated in shades of pink, while the suites are decked out in peach.
      • If he unadventurously chipped the ball back into the fairway, I thought, he could save a par.
      • Imagine England playing with a one-goal lead and 86 minutes of the clock to run down and you'll have some idea of how negatively and unadventurously they're being.

Definition of unadventurous in US English:

unadventurous

adjectiveˌənadˈven(t)SHərəsˌənædˈvɛn(t)ʃərəs
  • Not offering, involving, or eager for new or stimulating things.

    无冒险精神的,不勇敢的;无新意的

    he was the unadventurous type

    他属于没有冒险精神的那类人。

    an unadventurous menu

    毫无新意的菜单。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • But Denève appears to see this not as a depressing indictment of our unadventurous approach to music, more as ‘a cliché to be changed’.
    • Traditionally, the food industry has taken a rather unadventurous outlook, nurturing secrecy and marketing based on the classical avenues of flavour, price and predictability.
    • The art collections were criticised for being unadventurous, and the building's basement, which has very little natural light, was ill - suited to its use as an exhibition space.
    • In an era when life is lived at breakneck speed and anyone who's anyone is a cool, cosmopolitan coffee quaffer, the reliable, unadventurous, humble old cuppa ain't where it's at any longer.
    • And while the elements forming the core of the ten compositions presented here remain pretty straightforward and unadventurous, the process applied by Cichy and Pudlo gives this album its consistence and body.
    • Even in the last couple of decades, Pamela has often been treated as an unadventurous or unappealing apprentice work - a stage that Richardson had to go through before he could get around to something worthwhile.
    • Few, even among Dutch painters, led such an unadventurous life, yet in his dedication to his art, and the sacrifice of his well-being to his unremitted meticulous toil, he fell little short of the heroic.
    • Halibut with beurre blanc, from the list of plats du jour, may sound unadventurous, but there was nothing dull about it, especially since a subtle hint of fennel enhanced the dish without ever threatening to overpower it.
    • If you strayed over to BBC Four on the night that the 2004 British Folk Awards were broadcast, you won't need reminding how utterly unadventurous our traditional music scene has become.
    • Forget those conservative, unadventurous tags and think bohemian, diverse instead - after all, where else could you walk barefoot and feel totally at home?
    • In reality, I'm just a unadventurous kinda girl.
    • At a certain point I determined that pretty much everything I was thinking about was pretty unadventurous and everyone knew it already so I kind of left my sketches and doodles aside and only fiddled with them when no one was looking.
    • Marsh, who joined in 1978, personifies the BBC's ‘serious’ side, with a reputation among staff as demanding if unadventurous.
    • The M8 ‘improvement’ project sums up the unadventurous government of low ambitions that is led by Jack McConnell.
    • If Zadie came to a dinner party at my house she would probably conclude that I was some kind of white supremacist; or at least very, very boring and unadventurous.
    • His choreographic language is traditional and a little unadventurous but he has made a ballet which exudes self-confidence and fun.
    • We've been really unadventurous and painted it in exactly the same colours as the living room in Halifax was (Crown Period Colours), which we really liked.
    • Its attempt to comment on everything from politics to time travel, child abuse and mental illness makes most American films of the past year seem staid and unadventurous by comparison.
    • Since then, his unadventurous diplomacy has led him to some roles unsuited to more outspoken figures.
    • These aren't bad things at all - it's the trite Italian-American menu unadventurous eaters adore.
    Synonyms
    cautious, careful, prudent, chary, circumspect, wary, hesitant, tentative, timid
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