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prosaic

英 [prəˈzeɪɪk]

美 [prəˈzeɪɪk]

adj.  平庸的; 没有诗意(或美感)的; 平淡的; 乏味的; 无聊的

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.18485 / COCA.19211

牛津词典

    adj.

    • 平庸的;没有诗意(或美感)的
      ordinary and not showing any imagination
      1. a prosaic style
        平淡的风格
    • 平淡的;乏味的;无聊的
      dull; not romantic
      1. the prosaic side of life
        生活平淡的一面

    柯林斯词典

    • ADJ-GRADED 枯燥的;乏味的;平淡无奇的
      Something that isprosaicis dull and uninteresting.
      1. 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。
      2. The truth is more prosaic.
        真相更加乏味。

    英英释义

    adj

    双语例句

    • The facts are more prosaic than the legend.
      事实远没有传说的那样神乎其神。
    • And those that do are usually embarrassingly prosaic.
      而那些的确带给我这种喜悦的东西却通常平凡得让人尴尬。
    • Relatively speaking it is a little prosaic.
      相对说来,那有一点平凡。
    • 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。
    • Alibaba is not content to control the prosaic internet retail industry.
      阿里巴巴(Alibaba)不满足于控制平淡的在线零售行业。
    • It seemed to me that you make magic real by making it a little prosaic, a little difficult and disappointing& never quite as glamorous as the other characters imagine.
      对我而言,让魔法变得真实的方法就是让它变得有些平凡,有些别扭,并且会令人失望,也没有其他人所想像的那样迷人的特质。
    • The main theoretic defect of AI qing's "the prosaic beauty of poetry" is that it slurs the boundary between the linguistic form of poetry and that of prose.
      艾青《诗的散文美》一文的理论缺失主要在于其抹杀了诗与散文语言形式的界限。
    • But experts say such prosaic questions produce answers of little use.
      而专家认为,这种单调的问题得到的答案没有丝毫用处。
    • Poetry should have poetic beauty, and prose should have prosaic beauty-this is one of the basic an esthetics principles.
      诗应该讲究诗美,散文应该讲究散文美,这是基本的美学原则之一。
    • Women are demanding customers and are becoming even more so, from measures as lofty as values and morals to those as prosaic as cleanliness and courtesy.
      无论从价值观和道德观的崇高性,还是清洁度和礼貌的平凡性上来衡量,女性都是难以满足的顾客,甚至更为苛刻。