lackluster
lackluster 英 ['lækˌlʌstə] 美 ['lækˌlʌstə]
n. 无光泽；暗淡 adj. 无光泽的；平凡的
- Lackluster is a compound adjective that means what it sounds like: if something is lackluster it lacks luster; in other words, it is without brilliance, shine, or vitality. Think dull.
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- n. 无光泽；暗淡
- adj. 无光泽的；平凡的
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1. Last week, Hewlett-Packard pointed to double-digit revenue growth in China as a rare bright spot in an otherwise lackluster earnings report.
上星期，惠普公司在中国的收入增长达到两位数，是暗淡无光的收益报表里少有的一缕亮色。
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2. Many blamed the lackluster showing on No Child Left Behind, the 2001 federal law that requires schools to test students in math and reading, but not science.
许多人归咎于死板的2001年的联邦法律，不让一个孩子掉队，要求学校测试学生数学和阅读，而不测试科学。
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3. Last season felt lackluster at times, but with each day bringing little teases like this, we find ourselves getting more and more excited for the upcoming fifth season.
在上一季中，我们会时不时感到乏味，但是伴随着每天这样的小挑逗，我们发现我们越来越为即将到来的第五季而感到兴奋不已。
- lackluster (adj.) also lack-luster, c. 1600, "dull, wanting brightness" (originally of eyes), first attested in "As You Like It," from lack (v.) + luster (n.1). Such combinations with lack- were frequent once: Shakespeare alone also has lack-love, lack-beard, lack-brain, lack-linen. Outside Shakespeare there was lackland (1590s), of a landless man; lack-Latin (1530s), of an ignorant priest; lack-learning (1590s), lack-wit (Dryden), lack-thought (1829), lack-life (1889), and the comprehensive lack-all (1850).
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