underwhelming

英 [ˌʌndəˈwelmɪŋ]

美 [ˌʌndərˈwelmɪŋ]

adj.  平庸的; 索然无味的

COCA.43852

牛津词典

adj.

• 平庸的；索然无味的
  not impressing or exciting you at all
  1. the contrast between his overwhelming guitar-playing and his underwhelming singing
     他那激昂的吉他演奏与其味同嚼蜡的歌唱之间的反差

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （响应或回应）不热烈的
  If you useunderwhelmingto describe the response or reaction to something, you mean that people were not very impressed or excited by it.
  1. ...the distinctly underwhelming response to their second album...
     对他们的第二张专辑明显不够热烈的反应
  2. He met with underwhelming applause.
     他得到的掌声并不是很热烈。

双语例句

• But in the book, this merits very little coverage, and much of what does appear will be underwhelming to the average business reader.
  然而在本书中，对这一点却鲜有提及，书中的描述大多不会给一般的商务读者留下深刻印象。
• There was an underwhelming response to the latest version of Microsoft's flagship product, Windows 8. However, analysts believe it is only a matter of time before consumers get used to the new interface and its presence across multiple platforms.
  虽然微软（Microsoft）最新推出的旗舰产品Windows8反响平平，但分析师认为，这只是个时间问题，消费者很快就会习惯这种新的操作界面及其跨越多重平台的应用能力。
• It had potential, but you were underwhelming on the build up then you totally flubbed the punch line.
  原本或许是个好故事，但你的铺垫一点都不吸引人，最后抖包袱时又搞砸了。
• Its underwhelming conclusion was that Yahoo had to be more "relevant" to its users, advertisers and partners.
  报告得出了一个令人兴趣索然的结论：雅虎必须做到对用户、广告商和合作伙伴更为“相关”。
• But unfortunately, this is incredibly underwhelming certainly in the first week of a course.
  但不幸的是，它不能让我们，在第一周的课程里留下深刻的印象。
• He met with underwhelming applause.
  他得到的掌声并不是很热烈。
• The combo-pill plan was shelved for a while, because early trials were underwhelming, according to an analyst report we cited earlier this year.
  据今年早些时候我们引用的一位分析师的报道，该复方药丸计划曾被搁置了一段时间，原因是前期的临床试验结果不理想。
• Now, this is underwhelming with what you can do in just a second in this particular language.
  该语言在一秒钟内就可以做出，一些意想不到的事情。
• 'Shawshank' was an underwhelming box-office performer when it hit theaters 20 years ago this September, but then it began to redeem itself, finding an audience on home video and later becoming a fixture on cable TV.
  20年前的9月上映时，《肖申克的救赎》的票房表现平平，但是后来开始自我救赎，在家庭录像市场找到了大量观众，随后成为有线电视上的常客。
• An awful lot is resting on Dimitar Berbatov, one of last season's most underwhelming signings, and Michael Owen, one of last season's most underwhelming footballers.
  现在上季最令人大失所望的转会球员贝碧拖夫和上季最令人大失所望的球员奥云将会承受很大的压力。