humourless
humourless — 形容詞
- humourlesspositive
- more humourlesscomparative
- most humourlesssuperlative
1. describes a person, comment, or situation that shows no sense of fun or amusemen
缺乏幽默感
形容沒有感受或欣賞笑話的能力
describes a person, comment, or situation that shows no sense of fun or amusement — for example, someone who never laughs at jokes or a discussion that takes itself too seriously.
Priya's humourless manager never laughed at anyone's jokes during team meetings.
Priya 那位缺乏幽默感的主管從未在團隊會議中因任何人的笑話而笑。
collocation: humourless manager / humourless tone
The film review was humourless and took every joke far too seriously.
那篇影評缺乏幽默感，對每個笑話都太過認真看待。
Aiko found the atmosphere in the meeting humourless and left feeling bored.
Aiko 覺得會議氣氛沉悶無趣，於是無聊地離開了。
collocation: humourless atmosphere
The teacher's humourless tone made the students too nervous to ask questions.
那位老師缺乏幽默感的語氣讓學生們緊張得不敢發問。
Even the simplest joke seemed to offend Ravi's humourless grandfather.
即使最簡單的笑話似乎也會冒犯到 Ravi 那位缺乏幽默感的祖父。
- humourless person
- humourless tone
- humourless atmosphere
- humourless expression
- humourless face
- serious
neutral; does not imply criticism, whereas 'humourless' is almost always negative
- solemn
more formal; suggests dignified seriousness rather than an unfriendly lack of humour
- dour
stronger negative tone; implies a stern, unfriendly manner
- grim
suggests a forbidding or gloomy seriousness, often about a specific situation rather than a personality trait
文法句型
humourless + noun
be + humourless
find + noun + humourless
用法筆記
Almost always carries a mildly negative judgement, implying that the person is overly serious in a way that makes social interactions uncomfortable. Stronger in tone than 'serious' or 'reserved'.
常見錯誤
同根字
常見搭配
常用片語
- a humourless individual
- a humourless response
- a humourless approach