drabness

as the months dragged by a new fear cut into the unrelieved drabness of his life and work.

他一个月一个月挨过去，一种新的恐惧侵入了他的单调不堪的生活和工作。

It doesn't help that today is a Sunday, so the usual bustle of hawkers, pedestrians and cars that enliven the empty drabness are missing.

虽然我们来的这天是星期天，可往常小贩的叫卖声，行人和汽车，这些让空寂的街道充满活力的嘈杂声，通通消失了。

The war in 1939 perforce ushered in an era of more grime and drabness.

1939年的战争必然导致一个更加肮脏、更加灰暗的时代的到来。

Amid this drabness, though, was a surprising little oasis.

在这令人乏味的市场里, 却还是有令人惊奇的小绿洲.