arid
单词辨析：
普通用词，指某事物或某人因毫无趣味、吸引力而让人感到乏味的、无聊的。
The lesson was long and boring.
这一课又臭又长。
The job is boring.
这项工作枯燥乏味。
He was a boring nuisance!
他这人真讨厌！
指某事物毫无趣味的，也指缺乏令人心动的特征或品质的。
arid scientific studies
枯燥的科学研究
The audience soon grew tired of his arid speech.
没多久听众就对他枯燥无味的演说感到厌烦了。
指事物了无趣味、使人感到厌烦或沮丧的。
dreary work
乏味的工作
He is tired of the politician's dreary speech.
他厌倦了那个政客的枯燥演讲。
指书籍、讲话、话题等干巴巴的、生硬的、缺乏幽默的，有时含贬义。
a dry debate on diplomatic policies
关于外交政策的乏味辩论
A book full of figures is rather dry.
一本满是数据的书读起来很枯燥乏味。
作此义解时，通常只能用来形容事物，指因缺乏新鲜感、吸引力而显得乏味、沉闷的。
He doesn't believe that it will be a dull party.
他认为那不会是一次乏味的聚会。
This book is rather dull.
这本书很枯燥。
指没有变化、重复单调的。
a monotonous job/voice
单调的工作/声音
It is one of the most monotonous sounds of the spring.
这是春天里最单调的声音之一。
相关例句：
In many islands, cacti and prickly bushes replaced the shore arid zone mangrove forest.
在许多的岛屿上，仙人掌和多刺灌木干旱区取代了岸边的红树林区。
Terpenoids are more prevalent in some arid or semiarid climates.
萜类在某些干旱或半干旱气候条件下较为普遍。
He says arid and semi-arid lands represent about eighty percent of the Horn of Africa.
他表示，干旱和半干旱土地占到了非洲之角土地的80%。
The results were theoretically arid practically important to improve calculation accuracy and expedite calculation speed.
研究结果对提高计算精度和加快计算速度具有重要的理论和实际意义。
Sesame and Sunflower in Dryland Species of High-yielding Cultivation Technology Between Research of arid and semiarid open country.
旱地胡麻与葵花间种高产栽培技术研究产于干旱和半干旱地区的空旷乡间。
Can tolerate arid desert, there is a strong alkali tolerance.
能忍受荒漠中干旱，对盐碱有极强的忍耐力。