jejune
/dʒɪˈdʒuːn/adjective
1
- naive, simplistic, and superficial天真的; 幼稚的; 肤浅的, 浅薄的：
their entirely predictable and usually jejune opinions.
他们那些完全能够预料到且通常是见识浅薄的看法。
2
- (of ideas or writings) dry and uninteresting（想法或写作）枯燥乏味的, 空洞的：
the poem seems to me rather jejune.
我认为这些诗歌相当乏味。
派生词
jejunely
adverbjejuneness
noun词源
early 17th cent.: from Latin jejunus 'fasting, barren'. The original sense was 'without food', hence 'not intellectually nourishing'.