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

• The truth is more prosaic.
  真相更加乏味。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Local guides describe the history of various places in matter-of-fact tones; a prosaic and unimaginative essay.
  当地导游以一种平淡无味的语气描述各个地方的历史；平淡的缺乏想象力的散文。
• 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。
• Other Beijing residents have more prosaic complaints.
  其他北京居民的怨言则更为平实一些。
• Romantic types might say they seek the perfect soul mate but the revealed truth is more prosaic.
  浪漫主义者们或许会说他们在追寻完美的精神伴侣，但是所揭示的真实情况表明爱情其实更加实际。
• 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。
• 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。