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词汇 prosaic
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prosaic

adjective
/prəˈzeɪɪk/
/prəʊˈzeɪɪk/
(usually disapproving)
  1. ordinary and not showing any imagination平庸的;没有诗意(或美感)的 synonym unimaginative
    • 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。
  2. not interesting or romantic平淡的;乏味的;无聊的 synonym mundane
    • 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。
  3. 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.
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