One widely accepted psychological definition of boredom is "the distasteful experience of wanting, but being unable, to engage in satisfying activity."
人们普遍接受的一个关于“无聊”的心理学定义是：“因为渴望但无法参与令人满意的活动而带来的不愉快体验”。
The leaves of an oak tree taste foul because they are rich in tannins, a chemical that renders them distasteful or indigestible to many organisms.
橡树的叶子尝起来很臭，因为它们含有丰富的单宁酸，这种化学物质会让很多生物感到不适或难以消化。
Augustine found this doctrine subversive and distasteful.
奥古斯丁发现这个教条具有破坏性并令人厌恶。
Martin did not know it, but he did know that it was not distasteful to her.
对此马丁并不知道，他只知道她并无反感。
No; you're not fit to be your own guardian, Isabella, now; and I, being your legal protector, must detain you in my custody, however distasteful the obligation may be.
不，现在你是不合宜作你自己的保护人了，伊莎贝拉；我，既是你的合法保护人，一定要把你放在我的监护下，不论这义务是怎样的倒胃口。
American intrusiveness may seem distasteful to Europeans.
美国人的多管闲事可能令欧洲人反感。
Such surreptitious bypassing of Standlely was distasteful.
这种偷偷摸摸的绕过斯坦德莱的做法令人厌恶。
The greater a man is , the more distasteful praise and flattery are to him .
一个人越伟大，对赞扬和奉承就越反感。
For example, a critical comment here and there, a distasteful remark, and a bad joke.
例如，到处都有批评的评论、令人反感的话、糟糕的笑话。
He spoke in a cold, dead tone, as if making a necessary but distasteful explanation to a stranger.
他的话透着一种冰冷和沉闷，像是向一位陌生人做一个必须但却不情愿的解释。
Yet, after all, as a friend and companion, I hope never to become quite distasteful to my dear master.
不过毕竟作为朋友和伙伴，我希望决不要太讨我亲爱主人的嫌。
Nay, this introduction of the personal element was very distasteful to him, a violation of his professional honour.
不仅如此，如此介入个人因素对他而言是非常讨厌的，是对他职业声誉的玷污。
The greater a man is, the more distasteful is praise and flattery to him. (John Burroughs, American natural historian).
一个人越伟大，对表扬和奉承就越反感。(美国博物学家巴勒斯)。
To deal with some of the more distasteful aspects of jury duty, some courts have introduced the "one-day-one-trial" system.
为了解决陪审团职责中某些令人厌烦的问题，一些法院采取“一天一审”的制度。
Miss Sedley tried to read, but could hardly bring herself to go into the book, the very sight of the printed pages was distasteful.
赛得笠小姐试着读书，可是看不进去，一看到印刷的书页她就觉得讨厌。
It is not intimacy itself, therefore, which is so distasteful and intimidating to the world, but rather, the moral condemnation that comes with it.
所以，令世人不快及害怕不是亲密关系本身，而是由此而来的道德论断。
Deckard is basically a guy who does his job... who doesn't particularly like his job. He finds elements of it distasteful, but he gets on and does it.
戴克基本上只是做他的工作…他并不特别喜欢他的工作，他发现其中有令人讨厌的成分，但他继续去做。
While the film had done well in the box office, critics almost universally found it distasteful and were butchering it in newspapers around the country.
尽管这部影片取得了很好的票房，全国上下的评论家不约而同地在报纸上对这部电影展开了口诛笔伐，认为其令人反感。
I could no longer talk or laugh freely when he was by, because a tiresomely importunate instinct reminded me that vivacity (at least in me) was distasteful to him.
只要他在，我就再也不能谈笑自如了，因为一种纠缠不休的直觉，提醒我他讨厌轻松活泼(至少表现在我身上时)。
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