jejune
jejune
[dʒɪˈdʒuːn]
adjective
jejunely
adverb
jejuneness
noun
语源
[dʒɪˈdʒuːn]
adjective
- naive, simplistic, and superficial
天真的；过于单纯的；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。 - (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。
jejunely
adverb
jejuneness
noun
语源
- early 17th cent.: from Latin jejunus 'fasting, barren'. The original sense was 'without food', hence 'not intellectually nourishing'
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