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flat NOT ACTIVEflAtadjflatter, flattest not active; not interesting or lacking emotion无生气的,没精打采的,没有趣味的,沉闷的;不景气的After the excitement of the party, life seems very flat now.经过那次激动人心的聚会,现在的生活似乎没有味了。We thought the leading lady was excellent, but the rest of the performances were rather flat.我们觉得女主角演得非常出色,但其他演出太平淡了。She answered his questions in a completely flat tone (=her voice expressed no emotion or interest).她完全是没精打采地回答了他的问题。Business is always a bit flat at this time of year (=not much is being sold).每年的这个时候生意总是有些清淡。I think the colours in this painting are rather flat (=not varied or bright).我觉得这幅画的色彩过于单调暗淡。(Br and Aus) I left my car lights on all night and now the battery is flat (Am dead) (=has no electrical power left in it).我的车灯开了一整夜,现在电池已没电了。A drink which is flat has stopped being fizzy.不起泡的,走了气的If you don't put the top back on that bottle of beer, it will go flat.如果你不把啤酒瓶盖盖回去,气会跑光的。☆ STILL The joke fell flat--no one laughed.那玩笑乏味得很----谁也没有笑。"How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable /Seem to me all the uses of this world" (Shakespeare, Hamlet 1. 2)“多么地疲惫不堪,陈腐污浊,单调乏味,一无所获 / 在我看来这些似乎就是世界全部的用处所在。”(莎士比亚《哈姆雷特》中台词)
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