用作定语
▲～+n.
He is a boring person.他是个令人讨厌的人。
用作表语
▲S+be+～
Professor Tom's lecture was boring as well as long-winded.汤姆教授的讲座冗长且乏味。
His speeches are boring.他的演讲令人厌烦。
▲S+be+～+(for sb) to-v
It's quite boring for one to be unpunctual.一个人不守时是令人讨厌的。

boring, bored, dull
这几个词的词意有区别:boring是bore的现在分词转化成的形容词,表示“令人厌烦的”,主语可以是人,也可以是物; bored是bore的过去分词转化成的形容词,表示“感到厌倦的”,主语通常是人; dull指物意为“乏味的,无趣的”,指人意为“愚笨的,迟钝的”。

［同义词］   dry, dull, flat, tiring, unfunny
［反义词］   interesting, original