Well in the end we put in a slightly anodyne performance, with the team seemingly hell bent on stopping the rot of conceding goals. 尽管在比赛最后时刻我们发动进攻,取得了比赛的绝对优势,但球队始终无法将球送入对方大门。
Mr Cisneros, once an opposition supporter, has faced accusations that his channel's anodyne news output is the result of a deal with Mr Chá vez. 作为曾经的反对派,西斯内罗斯正面临着谴责,说他现在播出的那些不痛不痒的新闻是他和查韦斯达成交易的结果。
After all, Mr Bush resisted similar pressure from his friend Mr Blair ahead of the G8 summit in2005, which also addressed global warming but resulted in only an anodyne statement. 毕竟,布什先生要承受在2005年峰会前夕来自其盟友布莱尔的类似压力,同样是关于全球变暖问题的演说只是以些许无关痛痒的措辞结束。
anodyne
[ noun ]
a medicine used to relieve pain
<noun.artifact> [ adj ]
capable of relieving pain
<adj.all> the anodyne properties of certain drugs an analgesic effect
Anodyne \An"o*dyne\ ([a^]n"[-o]*d[imac]n), a. [L. anodynus, Gr. ? free from pain, stilling pain; 'an priv. + ? pain: cf. F. anodin.] Serving to assuage pain; soothing.
The anodyne draught of oblivion. --Burke.
Note: ``The word [in a medical sense] in chiefly applied to the different preparations of opium, belladonna, hyoscyamus, and lettuce.'' --Am. Cyc.
Anodyne \An"o*dyne\, n. [L. anodynon. See {Anodyne}, a.] Any medicine which allays pain, as an opiate or narcotic; anything that soothes disturbed feelings.