Not everyone can be funny, but you don't want to be seen as " humourless" or " dull" .

不是每个人都搞笑，但是你也不想自己看上去 " humourless" （没有幽默感）或者 " dull" （无聊，无趣）。

His mouth twisted in a humourless smile.

【twist】他歪巴巴地笑着。

Places like a humourless office or a tense classroom could sometimes do with a good dose of laughter.

像毫无幽默感的办公或紧张的教这样的地方有时会带来大量的笑声。

" Dull" is similar to " boring" , while " humourless" means that someone has no sense of humour and is too serious.

" dull" 和 " boring" 很像， " humourless" 某人没有幽默感，太过严肃。

Calling them humourless or militant, sanctimonious or annoying or hypocrites — all of these terms are just smokescreens for what it is that people really feel, which is fear.

称他们为没有幽默感、激进、道貌岸然、令人生厌，或是伪善——所有这些词只是掩盖人们真实感受的烟幕，那种真实感受就是恐惧。

In the days after her story broke, Selene Nelson, the freelancer at the centre of the Waitrose magazine row, was called " humourless" , " combative" and " militant" .

在她曝光（邮件）后的几天里，位于《维特罗斯》杂志争议中心的自由撰稿人塞莱内·尼尔森被称为 “缺乏幽默感”、“好斗” 和 “激进”。