"underwhelming" meaning in 英語

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Adjective

Forms: more underwhelming [comparative], most underwhelming [superlative]
Etymology: 文字遊戲,將 overwhelm 的前綴換成了 under-。
  1. 未給人留下深刻印象的,不像預期的那樣令人興奮的
    Sense id: zh-underwhelming-en-adj-OMQgnKzh Categories (other): 有引文的英語詞, 英語引文翻譯請求
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bland, blasé, insipid, disappointing

Verb

Etymology: 文字遊戲,將 overwhelm 的前綴換成了 under-。
  1. underwhelm 的現在時分詞和動名詞 Tags: form-of Form of: underwhelm
    Sense id: zh-underwhelming-en-verb-mKF2YNlQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "pos_title": "形容詞",
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              179,
              192
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          "text": "If I grant you that the German language is spoken by the overwhelming majority of the German people you will agree with me that the best music of Germany has been composed by the underwhelming minority. Now, if the overwhelming majority of Germans are enemies, it follows that the underwhelming minority of Germans must be friendly."
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          "ref": "1990年July13日,Rita Kempley,“‘Quick Change’ (R)”, in The Washington Post:",
          "text": "Davis, plush as ever, is a little whiny and underwhelming as Murray's girlfriend, who spends much of her time nurturing Quaid, doing his familiar sweet-natured lummox."
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              144,
              157
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          "ref": "2005年August17日,Edward Wyatt,“Sales Lag for Book on Deep Throat”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "But in Washington and just about everywhere else, sales of \"The Secret Man,\" Bob Woodward's story of the source known as Deep Throat, have been underwhelming."
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              175,
              188
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          "ref": "2022年March9日,Ben Jones,“RAIL Supplement: Return Ticket”, in RAIL,期 952,頁 28 (supplement):",
          "text": "When compared with the superb ÖBB Railjet or Italy's Frecciarossa (Red Arrow), to cite just two examples, the Government-procured Intercity Express Trains (IETs) are somewhat underwhelming.",
          "translation": "僅舉兩個例子:與一流的ÖBB Railjet或義大利的Frecciarossa(紅箭)相比,政府採購的城際特快列車(IET)就顯得有些令人失望了。"
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              179,
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          "text": "If I grant you that the German language is spoken by the overwhelming majority of the German people you will agree with me that the best music of Germany has been composed by the underwhelming minority. Now, if the overwhelming majority of Germans are enemies, it follows that the underwhelming minority of Germans must be friendly."
        },
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            [
              44,
              57
            ]
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          "ref": "1990年July13日,Rita Kempley,“‘Quick Change’ (R)”, in The Washington Post:",
          "text": "Davis, plush as ever, is a little whiny and underwhelming as Murray's girlfriend, who spends much of her time nurturing Quaid, doing his familiar sweet-natured lummox."
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              144,
              157
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2005年August17日,Edward Wyatt,“Sales Lag for Book on Deep Throat”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "But in Washington and just about everywhere else, sales of \"The Secret Man,\" Bob Woodward's story of the source known as Deep Throat, have been underwhelming."
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              175,
              188
            ]
          ],
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            [
              67,
              71
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2022年March9日,Ben Jones,“RAIL Supplement: Return Ticket”, in RAIL,期 952,頁 28 (supplement):",
          "text": "When compared with the superb ÖBB Railjet or Italy's Frecciarossa (Red Arrow), to cite just two examples, the Government-procured Intercity Express Trains (IETs) are somewhat underwhelming.",
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      ]
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      "word": "bland"
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    {
      "word": "blasé"
    },
    {
      "word": "insipid"
    },
    {
      "word": "disappointing"
    }
  ],
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