bland的意思|bland的解释-里氏词典

bland [blænd]

a. 温和的, 乏味的, 冷漠的

[医] 温和的, 淡的

He has a bland appearance.
他外表平庸。
This cheese is rather bland.
这干酪没什么味道。
It must be clearly understood that those bland words amount in many cases to a sentence of death. The Labour Movement should raise a storm of protest.
应该清楚地认识那温和的几句话在许多情况下就等于是说判了死刑。劳工运动应发起声势浩大的抗议。

bland

[ adj ]

lacking taste or flavor or tang

<adj.all>

a bland diet

insipid hospital food

flavorless supermarket tomatoes

vapid beer

vapid tea

lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting

<adj.all>

a bland little drama

a flat joke

smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication

<adj.all>

he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage

the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error

Bland \Bland\, a. [L. blandus, of unknown origin.]
1. Mild; soft; gentle; smooth and soothing in manner; suave;
as, a bland temper; bland persuasion; a bland sycophant.
``Exhilarating vapor bland.'' --Milton.

2. Having soft and soothing qualities; not drastic or
irritating; not stimulating; as, a bland oil; a bland
diet.

Both concede they are viewed as bland.
Heavy promotion and health claims may get consumers to try the products, retailers say, but a bland taste will preclude repeat purchases.
Admittedly, by omitting false or suspect information, the book can here and there seem disappointingly bland.
At this very minute Congress is preparing to give $1 million to $2 million to the National Endowment for Democracy, which in turn will pass it on to groups sympathetic to the Contras, under the bland rubric of "promotion of democracy in Nicaragua."
Some of my first exposures to similar patronizing comments left me speechless; like many Americans, I had come to think of Japanese businessmen as invariably polite, self-effacing and even bland.
He can be merely bland.
They took place once a week in a bland modern office in the International Trade Center on Vaci Street.
"I had gotten sort of discouraged from the Uranus encounter because Uranus was such a bland place," Ingersoll said Monday. "So I'm happy to see such action on Neptune." The top Voyager scientist was similarly excited.
In light of how many times the same mistake has been repeated, indeed even State's own bland account is a disgrace.
Wilson, with bland good looks and a plodding speaking style, is the very antithesis of charisma.
The bland leading the bland?
The bland leading the bland?
His concerns are over adequate capitalisation and maintainance of standards. KPMG has clearly won itself a head start on incorporation and a distinctive image in a market place often seen as bland and anonymous.
The South Carolina governor also tends to project a bland image.
But he adds the services are often "bland" and can hurt newspapers in the long run by eliminating local talent.
They squandered months delivering little more than bland bromides.
But in arias expressing emotion for instance, it often sounds bland.
His best efforts, endlessly revised, remain uplifting, if bitty: their blend of rearguard diatonicism and proselytising text can appear bland. Jeremy Dibble's critical biography - the first for six decades - is as welcome as it is overdue.
The researchers found that stomach linings were much worse after the meal with aspirin than after the Mexican food, pizza or bland steak, the researchers said in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Helen Slater is sweet, but a little bland, as the pretty Harvard-trained executive and love interest.
Despite an image his detractors said was bland, Bryan successfully fought for diversification of Nevada's tourism-dependent economy and won significant reforms in the state's educational system.
"We are going to personalize the request, rather than mailing a bland request for money from the Washington office," he says.
But this Moll is just a bland girl caught up in a naughty world.
Ideologically bland, it has moved where Mr Gianni Pilo, Mr Berlusconi's pollster, has identified the electoral preferences to be.
THE bland title conceals a radical blueprint.
A ho-hum citizenry prompts candidates to emphasize bland, ephemeral claims of "vision" and "leadership," rather than specific issues.
But while styling changes make it look a little curvier, it is still too bland to turn many heads.
If you're the consumer the word bland may creep into your over-heated brain: the memory of drinking defrosted beer from the fridge lingers around the taste buds. My own judgment is that the lack of after-taste does make ice beer very smooth.
But the album's success has far more to do with songwriter-producer-arranger-friend Luther Vandross than with Hines' rather bland singing.
Too many health magazines, she said, are "bland, brown and boring.

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