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 very prosaic one of our landlord.
  说来也十分平淡无味，是我们的旅馆老板。
• He asked if I'd got my black-eye in a fight& I told him the prosaic truth that I'd banged my head on door.
  他问我眼睛是否在打架时给打青了&我告诉了他平淡无趣的真相，我把头撞在门上了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• If only she'd been called "camilla" or "flavia" instead of the prosaic "jane".
  要是她名叫“卡米拉”或“富拉维亚”而不是叫平凡的“简”该多好。
• Other Beijing residents have more prosaic complaints.
  其他北京居民的怨言则更为平实一些。
• 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。
• No, he would never do anything that prosaic.
  不可能，没有人会这么做。