prosaic
英 [prə(ʊ)'zeɪɪk]
美[prə'zeɪk]
- adj. 平凡的，乏味的；散文体的
英英释义
- 1. not fanciful or imaginative;
- "local guides describe the history of various places in matter-of-fact tones"
- "a prosaic and unimaginative essay"
- 2. lacking wit or imagination;
- "a pedestrian movie plot"
- 3. not challenging; dull and lacking excitement;
- "an unglamorous job greasing engines"
实用场景例句
- the prosaic side of life
- 生活平淡的一面
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- The truth is more prosaic.
- 真相更加乏味。
辞典例句
- How prosaic, and yet how magical such paragraphs are!
- 这样的段落是多么平淡, 又多么不可思议 啊 !
辞典例句
- These prosaic details take all the sparkle out of the conversation.
- 这些无聊的细节使谈话失去了生气.
辞典例句
- At this grand moment Pug Henry's thoughts were prosaic.
- 在这个伟大的时刻,帕格?亨利的思想却毫无诗意.
辞典例句
- A more prosaic approach was used.
- 采用了较普通的方法.
辞典例句
- Relatively speaking it is a little prosaic.
- 相对说来,那有一点平凡.
辞典例句
- And Spring Moon had the zest and wit to season the most prosaic of lives.
- 春月有热情,有才智,生活再枯燥,她也能适应.
辞典例句
- No product is prosaic to profit greatly by attractive packaging.
- 靠迷人的包装,任何商品就不会单调“乏味”,因而总能获利不小.
互联网
- Only love, can be any one in prosaic form.
- 只有爱, 可以是任何一中平淡无奇的形式.
互联网
- After all those months of deliberation, was this prosaic utterance the pay - off?
- 经过这么多个月的斟酌, 结果就是这些平淡的话语 吗 ?
互联网
- The office seems so dull and prosaic after Pine Ridge.
- 从松岭回来后,办公室似乎变得枯燥无味了.
互联网
- China also has more prosaic reasons for encouraging trade.
- 中国自己还有更现实的理由去鼓励和加强中朝两国的双边贸易.
互联网
- By and by, however , " fervent " gave way to " prosaic ".
- 后来的永远, 也许是从 炽热 走到平淡.
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- Prosaic also can be a kind of appeal.
- 平淡也是一种情趣.
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中文词源
prosaic 没有诗意的，平淡的
来自prose,散文，平白的文字。引申词义没有诗意的，平淡的。
助记提示
1、from Latin prosa oratio "straightforward or direct speech" (without the ornaments of verse).
2、也就是说prose是由prosa oratio简写、缩略而来。
3、prose is short form of provorsus "(moving) straight ahead".
4、pro- "forward" + vers- / vors- + -us => provorsus => prorsus => prosus => prosa (feminine of prosus) => prosa oratio => prose.
5、散文其实就是一种平铺直叙的文体嘛，没有什么装饰啊，修饰啊什么的。
6、prosa (feminine of prosus) + -ic.
2、也就是说prose是由prosa oratio简写、缩略而来。
3、prose is short form of provorsus "(moving) straight ahead".
4、pro- "forward" + vers- / vors- + -us => provorsus => prorsus => prosus => prosa (feminine of prosus) => prosa oratio => prose.
5、散文其实就是一种平铺直叙的文体嘛，没有什么装饰啊，修饰啊什么的。
6、prosa (feminine of prosus) + -ic.
双语例句
- 1. the prosaic side of life
- 生活平淡的一面
来自《权威词典》
- 2. His instructor offered a more prosaic explanation for the surge in interest.
- 对于利息的急剧增加，他的导师给出了一个更为平淡无奇的解释。
来自辞典例句
- 3. The truth is more prosaic.
- 真相更加乏味。
来自辞典例句
- 4. How prosaic, and yet how magical such paragraphs are!
- 这样的段落是多么平淡, 又多么不可思议 啊 !
来自辞典例句
- 5. These prosaic details take all the sparkle out of the conversation.
- 这些无聊的细节使谈话失去了生气.
来自辞典例句
英文词源
- prosaic (adj.)
- 1650s, "having to do with prose," from Middle French prosaique and directly from Medieval Latin prosaicus "in prose" (16c.), from Latin prosa "prose" (see prose). Meaning "having the character of prose (in contrast to the feeling of poetry)" is by 1746; extended sense of "ordinary" is by 1813, both from French.
词态变化
副词: prosaically;