1、monotony

monotony發(fā)音

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monotony中文意思翻譯

常用釋義：單調乏味

n.單調；千篇一律

monotony雙語(yǔ)使用場(chǎng)景

1、The stillness of the valley began to oppress him, losing its piety, becoming merely a form of the valley's monotony.───谷中的靜謐使他有一種壓迫感，一旦失去原有的虔敬，就變得很單調。

2、A night on the town may help to break the monotony of the week.───城里待一晚也許有助改變一周工作生活的單調。

3、As a child, art for her was both a refuge and a means of escape from the monotony of the everyday world.───做為一個(gè)孩子，藝術(shù)對她來(lái)說(shuō)既是一個(gè)庇護所，也是一種逃避日常世界的乏味無(wú)聊的一種手段。

4、Beside the train, the monotony is broken by two lines of wooden telegraph poles, marching into infinity, that deepen a sense of loneliness.───路軌旁單調的景色被兩行電桿所打破，它們一直延伸到無(wú)限遠處，卻又加深了孤獨的感覺(jué)。

5、Monotony is a big problem for the moralist , because at least half of human's bad habits result from his fear of it.───無(wú)聊對于道德家是個(gè)重大問(wèn)題，因為人類(lèi)的惡習至少有一半由于對它的害怕引起。

6、And a lower tax bill does not always compensate for the expense and monotony of Swiss life.───并且較低的稅金并不能補償在瑞士生活的開(kāi)支以及其乏味無(wú)趣。

7、She watches television to relieve the monotony of everyday life.───她天天靠看電視來(lái)解悶兒。

8、To challenge the above explanation was the undoubted fact that he had never shown any impatience with the monotony of his life.───一件不容置疑的事實(shí)卻駁斥了上述的解釋?zhuān)核麑ψ约哼^(guò)去那種單調的生活從來(lái)沒(méi)有流露出什么厭煩不耐啊。

9、Only Canary Wharf and a few towers elsewhere break the monotony.───只有金絲雀碼頭和其他地方的一些高塔打破單調的局面。

monotony相似詞語(yǔ)短語(yǔ)

1、monotone───n.單調；單音調；adj.單調的；vt.單調地讀

2、monotonic───adj.單調的；無(wú)變化的；產(chǎn)生單音調的

3、monopsony───n.買(mǎi)主獨家壟斷，買(mǎi)方壟斷

4、monophony───n.單音音樂(lè )；單聲道；單旋律樂(lè )曲

5、monogeny───單親生殖

6、monogony───n.[遺]無(wú)性生殖；[生物]單性生殖

7、monodont───adj.單牙的

8、homotony───同音

9、monotones───n.單調；單音調；adj.單調的；vt.單調地讀

2、12.2018-04-22 《Adolescence》——New Birth

ADOLESCENCE IS A NEW BIRTH

   The word “adolescence” literally means “growing up” (from the Latin word adolescere). In theory, it describes a distinct stage between childhood and adulthood, but in practice often simply defines the “teenage” years. In most Western societies, the idea of adolescence was not recognized until the 20th century; childhood ended and adulthood began at a certain age – typically at 18.

   Pioneering psychologist and educator, G. Stanley Hall, in his 1904 book Adolescence, was the first academic to explore the subject.Hall was influenced by Darwin’s theory of evolution, believing that all childhoods, especially with regard to behaviour and early physical development, reflect the course of evolutionary change, and that we each develop in accordance with our “ancestral record”.

   One key influence on Hall was the 18th-century Sturm und Drang (“Storm and Stress”) movement of German writers and musicians, which promoted total freedom of expression. Hall referred to adolescence as “Sturm und Drang”; he considered it a stage of emotional turmoil and rebellion, with behaviour ranging from quiet moodiness to wild risk-taking.

   Adolescence, he stated, “craves strong feelings and new sensations… monotony(單調), routine, and detail are intolerable”. Awareness of self and the environment greatly increases; everything is more keenly felt, and sensation is sought for its own sake.

   Many of Hall’s findings are echoed in research today.

Hall believed that adolescents are highly susceptible to depression, and described a “curve of despondency(意志消沉)” that starts at the age of 11, peaks at 15, then falls steadily until the age of 23.Modern research acknowledges a similar pattern.The causes of depression that Hall identified are startlingly familiar: suspicion of being disliked and having seemingly insuperable(不能克服的) character faults, and “the fancy of hopeless love”.

   He believed the self-consciousness of adolescence leads to self-criticism and censoriousness(挑剔) of self and others.This view mirrors later studies, which argue that teenagers’ advanced reasoning skills allow them to “read between the lines”, while also magnifying their sensitivity to situations.

   Even Hall’s claim that criminal activity is more prevalent in the teenage years, peaking around 18, still holds true.But Hall was not totally negative about adolescence. As he wrote in Youth: Its Education, Regiment, and Hygiene(衛生), “Adolescence is a new birth, for the higher and more completely human traits are now born”. So, for Hall, adolescence was in fact a necessary beginning of something much better.

Human development

   Born into a farming family in Ashfield, Massachusetts, USA, Granville Stanley Hall graduated from Williams College, Massachusetts in 1867.His plans to travel were thwarted(挫敗) through lack of funds, so he followed his mother’s wish and studied theology(神學(xué)) for a year in New York, before moving to Germany.On Hall’s return to America in 1870, he studied with William James for four years at Harvard, gaining the first psychology PhD in the USA.

   He then returned to Germany for two years to work with Wilhelm Wundt in his Leipzig laboratory. In 1882, Hall became a professor at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, where he set up the first US laboratory specifically for psychology. He also launched the American Journal of Psychology in 1887, and became the first president of the American Psychological Association in 1892.