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

• 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。
• Unfortunately this episode has been so often chosen as a subject for romantic literary rhapsodies that we are apt to forget the true if more prosaic nature of the conflict.
  不幸的是这段时期却经常被当作浪漫主义文学的狂想曲，以至于我们很容易忘却它只不过是矛盾无聊的自然现象的真实。
• 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。
• 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。
• Other Beijing residents have more prosaic complaints.
  其他北京居民的怨言则更为平实一些。
• The very prosaic one of our landlord.
  说来也十分平淡无味，是我们的旅馆老板。
• 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。
• At the more prosaic end of the market, sales of dog and cat food are also soaring.
  在更为平淡的市场终端上，销售狗食和猫食同样火爆。
• 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。
• The facts are more prosaic than the legend.
  事实远没有传说的那样神乎其神。