prosaic
adjective /prəˈzeɪɪk/
/prəʊˈzeɪɪk/
(usually disapproving)- ordinary and not showing any imagination
synonym unimaginative平庸的;没有诗意(或美感)的 - a prosaic style
平淡的风格
- ‘Perhaps,’ he replied loftily, ‘you have too prosaic a mind?’
“也许,”他傲慢地回答,“你的头脑太平庸了? - Prosaic language can't capture or convey the experience.
平淡的语言无法捕捉或传达经历。 - The final message is prosaic: practise as often as you can.
最后的信息是平淡无奇的:尽可能多地练习。 - They exchanged a few very prosaic words.
他们交换了几句非常平淡的话。
- a prosaic style
- not interesting or romantic
synonym mundane平淡的;乏味的;无聊的 - the prosaic side of life
生活平淡的一面
- Seafarers found it difficult to settle down to the more prosaic existence of life ashore.
水手们觉得很难安下心来在岸上过较为平淡的生活。 - Daylight brought the prosaic world back again.
日光又把平淡的世界带回来了。
- the prosaic side of life
词源late 16th cent. (as a noun denoting a prose writer): from late Latin prosaicus, from Latin prosa ‘straightforward (discourse)’, feminine of prosus, earlier prorsus ‘direct’. Current senses of the adjective date from the mid 18th cent.