六言诗的音节比较单调、板滞、舒缓。

Six-character poem syllables are comparatively monotonous , stiff, leisurely.

村子本身很美，但周围的田野相当单调。

The village itself is pretty, but the surrounding countryside is rather dull.

我花了好多个小时单调地对着墙打网球。

I spent many hours mindlessly banging a tennis ball against the wall.

这就导致了农业生态学家所说的“单调综合征”。

This results in what agroecologists call the "treadmill syndrome".

想象使人从单调无聊的生活中解脱出来。

Imagination raises a man above the humdrum of life.