nondescript

英 [ˈnɒndɪskrɪpt]

美 [ˈnɑːndɪskrɪpt]

adj.  无特征的; 平庸的; 毫无个性的
n.  难以形容或归类的人或物

复数：nondescripts　

BNC.20898 / COCA.14663

牛津词典

adj.

• 无特征的；平庸的；毫无个性的
  having no interesting or unusual features or qualities

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 毫无特色的;毫无吸引力的
  If you describe something or someone asnondescript, you mean that their appearance is rather dull, and not at all interesting or attractive.
  1. Europa House is one of those hundreds of nondescript buildings along the Bath Road.
     欧罗巴大楼是巴斯大道沿路那些成百上千幢毫无特色的建筑之一。
  2. ...a nondescript woman of uncertain age...
     年龄不详、相貌平庸的女士
  3. Her clothes told me nothing: they were about as nondescript and lacking in chic as it was possible to be.
     从她的衣着上什么也看不出来：全是大路货，毫无时髦优雅之处。

英英释义

noun

• a person is not easily classified and not very interesting

adj

• lacking distinct or individual characteristics
  1. women dressed in nondescript clothes
  2. a nondescript novel
  Synonym:characterless

双语例句

• Despite their grandiose names, even the nicest of these developments resembles a nondescript outer suburb of Houston or Las Vegas.
  这些别墅区尽管名称堂皇，但就算是其中最顶尖的小区也与休斯顿或拉斯维加斯毫无特色的郊区无异。
• On one floor of a nondescript building in New York, there are ten small designer labels from all over the United States.
  在纽约的一座没有明显特征的建筑物的一楼，有来自全美的十个设计者的小标签。
• Even before I started working, I remember walking into this rather nondescript place and oohing over the pure ingredients in their products.
  我记得就连我开始工作之前，（都会）去这个无可名状的地方并为他们产品中纯粹的成分感到惊讶。
• Her clothes told me nothing: they were about as nondescript and lacking in chic as it was possible to be.
  从她的衣着上什么也看不出来：全是大路货，毫无时髦优雅之处。
• She was wearing nondescript clothes.
  她穿着平平常常的衣服。
• It is Saturday afternoon and a dozen or so men and women are gathered in a nondescript room in central Tokyo, working intently on a presentation that will have a bearing on their future careers.
  一个周六的下午，十来个男女聚集在东京市中心一个普通的房间里，专心致志地讲述着事关他们未来职业生涯的问题。
• There is occasional, transient, nondescript pain, or sensibility during mastication.
  咀嚼时，有偶发的、暂时的、不可言状的疼痛或敏感。
• Tess did not stop at Weatherbury, after this long drive, further than to make a slight nondescript meal at noon at a cottage to which the farmer recommended her.
  苔丝坐车走了长长的一段路，中午到了韦瑟伯利也没有停下来，只是到赶车的农夫推荐的一户农家稍微吃了一顿说不上名目的饭。
• God's Incarnation did not result in a nondescript, androgynous robot.
  上帝道成肉身的结果，绝不是要制造一种毫无特色、四不像的产品。
• The nondescript Swiss, on arrival, was to have plain clothes.
  那个难以安排的瑞士人到来的时候将穿上便衣。