"an unglamorous job greasing engines"
布鲁斯的办公室实用而素淡。
If big sums are to be spent on cleaning up environmental disasters, it is better to spend them on unglamorous but pressing problems such as unsanitary water in Third World countries.如果要把大笔资金花在清理环境灾难上，那么最好把钱花在那些乏味但紧迫的问题上，比如处理第三世界国家不卫生的水的问题上。
Mango is aiming at an unglamorous market, the unbanked.芒果财政的目标指向一个乏味的市场——无银行账户的群体。
an unglamorous job乏味的工作
But fundamentally, it performs an unglamorous function in a utilitarian way.但是基本上, 它还是功利性地扮演一个没有趣味的功能角色.
We know that seniority, especially in finance, is a long, hard, unglamorous slog.我们知道,晋升至高管职位 —— 尤其是在金融业 —— 是漫长 、 艰难而乏味的旅途.
What these companies also in common are unglamorous surroundings.这些面包店的共同点是周边环境很单调.
Realities: It is unglamorous to articulate, and complex to conduct, a centrist policy.现实情况: 阐述一项不偏不倚的政策是乏味的, 执行这项政策更为复杂.
unglamorous, usually unexciting and normally invisible , the world's financial plumbing is gummed up.毫不张扬地, 通常是悄无声息地, 全球金融流通管道堵塞了.
Their work is hard and unglamorous, and most people would find it boring.他们的工作又累又平淡，多数人会认为很乏味。
Bruce's office is a corner one, utilitarian and unglamorous.布鲁斯的办公室在角落里，实用而普通。
