Its engagement with fragile states can be lacklustre.

它与脆弱国家的接触可能毫无生气。

But now the recession and subsequently lacklustre growth show signs of biting.

但现在衰退紧随其后的毫无声色的增长已显现出持久战的迹象了。

It's a sign that Ukraine's lacklustre counteroffensive might be accelerating.

一个迹象，表明乌克兰乏善可陈的反攻可能正在加速。

Entertainment Weekly said the show's numbers were a mostly lacklustre collection of forgettable tunes.

娱乐周刊称，该音乐剧的旋律就将容易遗忘的曲调很生硬地合在了一起。

No. Not according to the Cambridge academic Dr Nigel Knight. He called it 'lacklustre', which means dull, uninspiring.

的。剑桥大者奈杰尔·奈特博士说丘吉尔执政期间死气沉沉，国家发展停滞、没有激动人心的事情发生。

That is good going for a firm whose earnings have been lacklustre and which faces big challenges.

对于一家营业额惨淡且面临巨大挑战的公司而言件好事。

Given Uber's lacklustre ride since its initial public offering in 2019, current management has gone easy on A-listers.

鉴于优步自2019年首次公开募股以后表现平平，目前的管理层不再大手笔地请一线明星了。

To deliver these returns despite a lacklustre stockmarket, they have piled on debt and cut into their own margins.

在股市死气沉沉的情况下，要实现一收益，些公司已债台高筑，甚至削减自己的利润。

The Met launched a fresh probe, under new command, in January. But its contacting of targets remains mystifyingly lacklustre.

一月，伦敦警察厅在新的要求下展开了新一轮的调查。但警官接触到的案件仍然乏善可陈。

So then how has that sort of lacklustre spending affected the Chinese economy more broadly?

那么，种低迷的支出状况对中国有何更广泛的影响呢？

The borrowers, they're going through some hard times, like maybe they had a few quarters of lacklustre sales.

借款人正在历一些困难时期，就像他们可能历了几个季度的销售低迷一样。

One reason why the outlook is so lacklustre is that politicians-especially in the West-will do little to help (and may harm) their economies.

前景如此黯淡一方面因为政治家们-----尤其西方的政治家们-----对于目前的状况也束手无策。(还有可能影响发展).

Productivity growth was lacklustre and the most popular new inventions, the smartphone and social media, did not seem to help much.

生产率增长乏善可陈，而最流行的新发明——智能手机和社交媒体——似乎也没有多大帮助。

On October 12th Dollar General, an American discount retailer, announced its previous boss would return to the helm after lacklustre results under his successor.

10月12日， 美国折扣零售商Dollar General宣布，前任老板在继任者领导下业绩不佳后将重新掌舵。

They thought a lacklustre economy was suppressing participation by driving discouraged workers out of the labour market altogether, and that participation would rebound along with the economy.

他们曾认为疲软的使得灰心丧气的劳动者退出劳动力市场，从而压制了参与率， 复苏可以使得参与率回升。

Can you tell me about that match? I mean, I watched it, and it's so lacklustre. Like, it looks kind of like they both forgot how to play tennis.

你能告诉我那场比赛吗？我的意思，我看了它，它如此乏味。就像，看起来他们都忘记了如何打网球。