monotony

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++mo·not·o·ny /məˈnɒtəni $ məˈnɑː-/ noun [uncountable] BORINGthe quality of being always the same, which makes something boring, especially someone’s life or work 〔尤指生活和工作的〕单调乏味，无变化，千篇一律monotony of She wanted to escape the monotony of her everyday life. 她想摆脱每天一成不变的单调生活。relieve/break the monotony He suggested a card game to relieve the monotony of the journey. 他建议在旅途中打纸牌解闷。

Examples from the Corpus

monotony• Excessive equality makes for cultural uniformity and monotony.• All masters are by him translated into one monotony of commonplace.• The sheer monotony of the work is itself exhausting.• I was glad of the break to get away from the monotony of the orchard with the constant sniping and mortaring.• For a day or two this tactic was mildly successful, but eventually even Auster began to droop from the monotony.• Isabel listened to the sound of Chalon's steady hoofbeats, finding a vague comfort in the monotony of the noise.• It's the monotony I don't like - it's repetitive and you have to do the same things each day.• The monotony of prison life is enough to drive anyone insane.• the monotony of the prairie highways• Regular movement tends towards monotony, giving the effect of a hymn-tune.relieve/break the monotony• No trees or houses broke the monotony of the deserted fields.• You know, a little jaunt to break the monotony.• This year's card would relieve the monotony.• Thinking, maybe, that it would break the monotony, the tedious spell of the highway.