1. They have an air of freedom, and they have not a dreary commitment to mean ambitions or love of comfort.
    他们无拘无束。既不追逐卑鄙的名利，也不贪图生活的舒适。

2. But I do not turn for protection to dreary cliches about respect for elders
    但我不会用应当尊重长者这一套陈词滥调来为我自己辨护，

3. It was a dreary day.
    那一天天气阴郁。