It is time for the dismal science to improve its dismal record on gender.

这门沉闷的科是时候改善它在性别方面的沉闷记录了。

Just then a hollow explosion was audible.

这时，我听到了一声沉闷的爆炸声。

A hollow groan drifted out of the dogmask.

一声沉闷的哀号从狗面具里头飘出来。

Dudley's snores were drowned by the low rolls of thunder that started near midnight.

临近午夜，一阵沉闷的隆隆雷声淹没了达力的鼾声。

The dismal science has not become entirely harmonious, though.

然而，这门沉闷的科并没有变得完全和谐。

Although, to be honest, a penny would never really clunk.

不过老实说，一便士永远不会出沉闷的响声。

How I wish something would liven up this already tedious day.

真希望有什么东西能让沉闷的一天快乐起来。

A dull clunk echoed through the Hall on his every other step.

沉闷的金属撞击声随着他的每个脚步响彻大厅。

" Karkaroff did not steer, " said a gruff voice.

“卡卡洛夫并不掌舵，”一个沙哑沉闷的声音说。

It was the gloomiest, most depressing bathroom Harry had ever set foot in.

这是哈利到过的最阴暗、最沉闷的卫生间。

Her crocheted flowers decorate dull walls and fences around the city.

她用钩针编织的花朵装饰着城市周围沉闷的墙壁和栅栏。

Each time I recevied one of my little girl's gifts, it brightened my heart.

每次收到小女儿的礼物，我沉闷的心就豁然开朗。

With a funny, muffled sort of thump he landed on something soft.

随着一声奇怪而沉闷的撞击声，哈利落到了一个柔软的东西上面。

There was a short, dull blast, followed by a shockwave that hit deep in the chest.

一阵短暂而沉闷的爆炸，接着是冲击波击中塔楼。

It was here that the stuffy archduke met Countess Sophie Chotek.

就是在这里，这位沉闷的大公遇到了索菲·乔泰克伯爵夫。

In those boring lectures, many students just sat gazing through the classroom window.

在那些沉闷的课堂教中，许多生只是呆呆地坐着望着窗外。

But these pleasant and dull acres of suburbia have become a lot more colourful of late.

但是这些愉快，沉闷的郊区已不再是过去五颜六色的美景了。

While they both hung thus in hesitation a dull sound became audible above the storm and wind.

他们两正犹豫的时候，听到风雨中传来一个沉闷的响声。

Now that there was no longer the sound of my soggy footsteps, the silence was piercing.

既然这里已经不会再有我沉闷的脚步声了，这片沉寂就更加显得讽刺。

They packed up the tent next morning and moved on through a dreary shower of rain.

第二天早上他们把帐篷收了起来，在一阵沉闷的暴雨中继续前进。