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发音：[ˈlækˌlʌstər]
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例句：
- Lackluster is applied to describe something that is lacking in brilliance or vitality. It can describe things that are dull, unimpressive, or underwhelming.
- Faced with lackluster ticket sales and a cash shortfall, the company has withdrawn $23 million from its endowment and cut the number of performances next season by about 10 percent.
- The former president repaid that support by blaming some of those very same supporters for the GOP’s lackluster midterm performance after coming under fire himself for the results by pundits.
- Investors are swinging between optimism about a possible coronavirus vaccine that helped to propel an earlier market rally and unease about lackluster U.S. economic activity.
- Ronaldo was coming off lackluster performances in the group stage, though he scored in the 3-2 win against Ghana to become the first player to score in five World Cups.
- The company has lost nearly half of its market value since lackluster sales tarnished the September launch of the first new weight-loss pill in the United States for 13 years.
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解释：
- Lackluster这个单词做形容词使用，其表示“lacking in brilliance or vitality, or being dull, unimpressive, or underwhelming”这一含义，即“无光泽的/暗淡的/无生气的/无活力的/乏善可陈的/表现平庸的”，与dull/somber/murky这些单词构成近义词。
- 具体使用场景如下：
- Although Apple CEO Tim Cook told investors on a call yesterday that TV Plus was “off to a robust start,” some of its biggest shows were viewed as lackluster by critics.（尽管苹果首席执行官蒂姆·库克昨天在电话会议上告诉投资者，TV Plus“开局强劲”，但其一些最大的节目被批评者视为乏善可陈。）
—Technology - Alibaba Group’s plans are part of an overall deal being discussed by Yahoo, the Internet pioneer which is under pressure from its investors to turn around a lackluster performance.（阿里巴巴集团的计划是雅虎正在讨论的整体交易的一部分，这家互联网先驱 — 雅虎 — 正受到投资者的压力，要求扭转低迷的表现。）
—Business - The film received a lackluster 38% on Rotten Tomatoes — but audiences appeared to enjoy it more than critics, giving it a 75% rating on the site.（这部电影在烂番茄上获得了38%的低迷打分 – 但观众似乎比评论家更喜欢它，在网站上给了它75%的评分。）
—Arts and Culture - Ronaldo was coming off lackluster performances in the group stage, though he scored in the 3-2 win against Ghana to become the first player to score in five World Cups.（罗纳尔多在小组赛阶段的表现乏善可陈，尽管他在3-2战胜加纳的比赛中得分，成为第一位在五届世界杯上进球的球员。）
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