平淡的比赛的英文：
tame affair

tame是什么意思：
adj. 驯服的，温顺的；沉闷的，乏味的
v. 驯养；使变得平淡

Horses are easy to tame but tigers are hard to tame.
驯马容易，驯虎难。

The film has a tame ending.
这电影的结局乏味。

The sea otter is gentle and relatively tame(Peter Matthiessen)
海獭性情温和并且相对来说不怕人(彼得·马蒂恩森)

Confessedly defeated, he was properly tame now and subdued.
自认吃了败仗，他也就俯首帖耳了。

Therefore they will submit tamely to the extinction of the greater number of their kind
因此它们只好驯服地眼看自己的同类大部分都被消灭掉。

affair是什么意思：
n. 事务；事件；风流韵事

You have to investigate into this affair.
你必须调查研究这件事。

The affair had a strange sequel.
这一事件的结局很奇怪。

A committee was constituted to investigate into that affair.
建立了一个委员会以调查那件事。

They hired agents to conduct their affairs.
他们雇请代理人来处理他们的事务。

I was to be in a cleft stick at this affair.
我在这件事上进退维谷。