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

• not challenging
  1. an unglamorous job greasing engines
  Synonym:commonplacehumdrumunglamorousunglamourous
• lacking wit or imagination
  1. a pedestrian movie plot
  Synonym:pedestrianprosyearthbound
• not fanciful or imaginative
  1. local guides describe the history of various places in matter-of-fact tones
  2. a prosaic and unimaginative essay
  Synonym:matter-of-fact

双语例句

• You might think you have the figure of Marilyn Monroe but according to research the truth is likely to be far more prosaic.
  你可能以为你是玛丽莲梦露的身材，不过据一项调查显示，现实可能没你想象的那么好。
• 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。
• If the water in your glass turns to wine, you should consider more prosaic explanations before announcing a miracle.
  如果你杯子里的水变成了酒，在宣布出现奇迹之前，你应考虑一些更平常的解释。
• 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。
• Stephen Green of Standard Chartered, a bank, offers a more prosaic explanation.
  来自渣打银行的史提芬。格林则提出了一个平平无奇的观点。
• 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？
• The very prosaic one of our landlord.
  说来也十分平淡无味，是我们的旅馆老板。
• No, he would never do anything that prosaic.
  不可能，没有人会这么做。
• Member of China Writers'Association, China Photographers'Association, Councilor of China Prosaic Poetry Society, and China Poetry Society.
  中国作家协会会员、中国摄影家协会会员、中国散文诗学会理事、中国诗歌学会理事。