History of Magic was the dullest subject on their timetable.

魔法史是他们课程表上最枯课程。

And look at nerdy web sites all night?

然后整夜浏览枯网站？

It's not a dry explanation — it's an adventure.

这不是枯解释，而是一种冒险。

As unique sentences have a higher chance of sticking than boring ones.

因为有趣句子比枯句子更容易记住。

History of Magic was by common consent the most boring subject ever devised by wizardkind.

魔法史被公为是设计最枯一门课程。

And maybe that's good, because some of those parties would have been… dour.

这样可能挺好 因为有些聚会是很… … 枯。

Well, if you like dry, factual statements interspersed with painful moments of silence, it was bananas.

如果喜欢枯，基于事实对话，中间还点缀着痛苦沉默，棒极了。

Office politics, unclear paths to advancement, boring assignments, stress, burnout.

办公室政治，晋升道路不明，枯务，压力，精疲力竭。

To improve our designs, we do not rely on tedious trial and error fabrication.

为了改进我们设计，我们不会依赖于枯测试和反复制造故障。

Instead of one long study session, you should study, sleep and then study some more.

比起一段漫长枯学习，还不如学习，睡觉，再学习更多东西。

We will have handy robots and computers to assist us with the things that are boring.

我们会有便利机器人和电脑来帮助我们做枯事情。

“It'll be really boring, ” Harry said quickly, but Colin ignored him, his face shining withexcitement.

“很枯。”哈利忙说，可是科林不听，兴奋得脸上放光。

But bland is now a bygone view.

但“寡淡枯”观点现在过时了。

You might think that art history is a stuffy subject that's only useful for clinching a trivia night victory.

可能认为艺术史是一个枯学科，只能在知识问答之夜获胜时派上用场。

As a musician, playing the same music in different cities of the world is very boring, says Kong.

“作为一名音乐家，在世不同城市表演相同音乐是很枯，”孔说。

Contrary to popular belief, Australia is not a dull place at all for people wanting culture.

同一般人们认识相反，对在文化方面有需求人来说，澳大利亚不是一个枯地方。

Their job satisfaction, too, can surge when well-functioning machines relieve them of dull tasks or repetitive processes.

当运作良好机器将他们从枯务或重复流程中解脱出来时，他们工作满意度也会激增。

Likewise, automation should eventually boost productivity, stimulate demand by driving down prices, and free workers from hard, boring work.

同样，自动化最终会提高生产力，通过降低价格刺激需求，使工人从艰苦、枯工作中解放出来。

Heaven was dull, he noted, but " when they're going to hell the painter really goes to town" .

他曾写道，天堂是枯，但“当他们下地狱时，画家才真正有了创作热忱”。

A dry subject, maybe, but he was not a dry person.

这或许是一个枯话题，但他并不是一个枯人。