Writers have a technical term for this: a poopy first draft.

乏味初稿。

It's a very long and tedious process.

这是一个非常漫长且乏味过程。

I don't know that vapid movie press is really my thing.

我对那种乏味电影媒。

The most tedious parts of your task, right?

任务中最乏味部分，对吧？

I don't like TV shows that have plodding plots.

我喜欢情节乏味电视节目。

Lawyers are often seen as the most tedious of professionals.

律师常被视为最乏味专业人士。

So don't settle for the same, boring routines.

所以，要满足于千篇一律、枯燥乏味日常生。

It was terrible, and sordid, and boring.

战争是恐怖、肮脏、乏味。

And then there's the monotony of boardrooms and PowerPoint presentations and video calls.

枯燥乏味开会、演示、视频会议。

Now, accounting is possibly the most boring subject in the world.

现在，会计可能是世界上最乏味学科了。

Unfortunately, the show was one of the dullest we have ever seen.

是，这次演出是我们看过最乏味演出了。

You can use this helpful habit for all the tedious tasks in your life.

你可以将这个有帮助习惯应用于生中各类乏味工作。

It was dull work, requiring much consultation of timetables and calculation of angles.

这是一项枯燥乏味工作，需要计算许多烦琐时间和角度。

That's great! - There's gonna be some grunt work..

太棒了！ -一定会有些聊乏味工作让人讨厌。

This pleasure is not confined to learning from textbooks, which are too often tedious.

这种乐趣会局限于学习那些通常过于单调乏味教科书。

Heaven knows what they are playing, but it seems a dull game.

天知道他们在玩什么游戏，但是他们游戏似乎是乏味。

It is found that people are more creative following the completion of a tedious task.

结果表明，人们在完成一项枯燥乏味任务后更具有创造力。

I'm feeling quite irritated actually, that the students are being subjected to such a tedious diet.

我其实到非常满，我们学生在上如此乏味一堂课。

New technologies often turn crafted products and services into bland commodities, something no teacher wants.

新技术经常将精心制作产品和服务变成乏味商品，这是教师想要。

The problem is not that the ideas are right or wrong, but that they are predictable.

问题在于这些想法是对是错，而在于它们是很老套乏味。