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" （没有感）或者 " dull" （聊，）。

Like, the US version is quite humourless or unintentionally funny.

比如，美国版就相当缺乏感，或者意中搞笑。

His mouth twisted in a humourless smile.

【twist】他歪起嘴干巴巴地笑着。

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

像毫感的办公室或张的教室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，而 " humourless" 表示某人没有感，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。

Moving back and forth between storylines can also be disorienting, and Ms Shafak's penchant for using grand language for grand ideas can feel humourless and overwrought.

在故事情节之间来回切换也会让人感到困惑，而沙法克女士喜欢用宏大的语言来表达宏大的想法， 这可能会让人觉得缺乏感且过于张。

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 “缺乏感”、“好斗” 和 “激进”。