The sarcasm that had repelled , the harshness that had startled me once , were only like keen condiments in a choice dish : their presence was pungent , but their absence would be felt as comparatively insipid 令人厌恶的嘲弄，一度使我吃惊的严厉，已不过像是一盘佳肴中浓重的调料，有了它，热辣辣好吃，没有它，便淡而无味。
She was not of so ungovernable a temper as lydia ; and , removed from the influence of lydia s example , she became , by proper attention and management , less irritable , less ignorant , and less insipid 她本来不象丽迪雅那样放纵，现在既没有丽迪雅来影响她，又有人对她加以妥善的注意和照管，她便不象以前那样轻狂无知和麻木不仁了。
The sarcasm that had repelled , the harshness that had startled me once , were only like keen condiments in a choice dish : their presence was pungent , but their absence would be felt as comparatively [ color = red ] [ b ] insipid [ / b ] [ / color ] 令人厌恶的嘲弄，一度使我吃惊的严厉，不过像是一盘佳肴中浓重的调料，有了它，热辣辣好吃，没有它，便淡而无味。
One good thing is that unlike the didactic tone in yee s previous work the truth about jane and sam , the thematic message of this movie is clearly incorporated into the story , that you wouldn t feel awkward or insipid at all when watching the movie 尔冬升的道德感一向浓厚，喜以电影作为净化心灵的工具，前作《真心话》便积极进取，不过手法就比较笨拙，信息的表达很突兀。
Nevertheless , it is little disappointing that director billy chung did not spend too much time on this atypical character , most of the film is in fact assigned to the love sub - plot between julian cheung and maju ozawa , which is depicted in a dry and insipid manner 不过可惜的是，编导空有一大堆过瘾意念，却没有好好运用，反而把时间花在毫无剧力的爱情副线，令人大惑不解。
Fed up with the insipid disco of the times , youth who were short on money but rich in ingenuity created a new , dynamic art form : verbally competing and chronicling life in the ghetto by rapping poetry over a beat 那些口袋空空却富于创新的年轻人，厌倦了当时流行的乏味的迪斯科音乐，便创造出了一种新的动感十足的艺术形式：通过配合节奏念词的方式，在言辞上相互较量，并且记录了贫民区的生活。
Or he would relate his dreams which , so far as i could see , were thoroughly insipid , prosaic , hardly worth even the attention of a freudian , but , for him , there were vast esoteric marvels hidden in their depths which i had to aid him to decipher 照我看这些梦十分平淡无奇，甚至不值得一位弗洛伊德主义者去费神，可是他自己却认为这都是深藏不露、奥秘难测的奇观，因而我一定要帮他解析这些梦。
But the top 10 list is by no means an indication that americans were curious or after simon cowell , the acid - tongued host of the television show " american idol , " called one singer " insipid , " merriam - webster noticed a dramatic spike in the number of lookups for the word 美国“名嘴”西蒙考埃尔在主持美国偶像真人秀节目中评价一名歌手表现“平淡insipid ” ，之后，韦氏网站上这个词的查询率迅速上升。
Apart from feeding them with food which is symbolized by the spring water , he does not know what do - nyeom and jung - sim wants . he is not aware of the real intention of jung - sim s request to circumcise , and he never realizes do - nyeom is suffering from the insipid life in the temple 主持答应让jung - sim到城市做割包皮手术，以为能满足他的需要，但却不知道jung - sim的真正目的，结果帮他变成害他，终于间接导至他的离去。
It is a genuine account of a dynamic relationship . the director understands that he is not shooting a fairy tale , the story will end up dry and insipid if the relationship is always stable . one interesting take is the parellel of junsei s profession and his love 这不是热门的行业，对于观众来说是富新鲜感的，再者，这个行业和此片的爱情主题相呼应，男主角精于收复名画，却拙于收复错失破碎了的爱情，这是十分讽刺的比喻。
