| 词汇 | prosaic |
| 释义 | prosaic adjective formaluk /prəˈzeɪ.ɪk/ us /proʊˈzeɪ.ɪk/ without interest, imagination, and excitement: 乏味的;平淡无奇的;缺乏想象力的 If only she'd been called Camilla or Flavia instead of the prosaic Jane.要是她叫“卡米拉”或“弗拉维娅”而不是叫“简”这个平常的名字该多好。 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 a door.他问我眼睛是不是在打架时给打青的——我告诉他事情很简单，是头撞在门上弄的。 Synonyms pedestrianformaldisapproving unglamorous Opposite glamorous Tedious and uninspiring (as) dull as ditchwateridiom anonymous banal banally basic marginal marmoreal meh menial menially staidly stale staleness stodgily stodgy watch paint dryidiom watch the clockidiom wearisome wearisomely weary prosaic | American Dictionaryprosaic adjective us/proʊˈzeɪ·ɪk/ ordinary and not especially interesting or unusual: Only a few prosaic tables and chairs remained by the time we got to the auction. Examples of prosaicprosaic Seeing is prosaic, listening poetic19 - and 'no colour can ever be as romantic as a tone'. History offers ample evidence for an architecture resulting from a poetic translation of its representations, rather than as a prosaic transcription of an objectified image. The circumstances and apparent causes of this demise were prosaic. Unfortunately, her husband, an indomitably prosaic middle-class bureaucrat, "was not the right business opportunity" in which to invest her passion (107). And there is also the more prosaic individualistic dimension to account for, the one that generates the puzzle in the first place. A more prosaic explanation for this isolated residence is that there was a lack of suitable land for large new buildings in the old village. The issue of prices (and by extension wages), while prosaic, turns out to be highly illuminating in two ways. But this prosaic purpose was very quickly overtaken by subjective elements, by domestic events, emotions and illnesses. Later entries document more subtle or prosaic impediments - husband's careers, lack of childcare, lack of due recognition - all stultifying in their own ways. At a more prosaic level, what were the instructions to carpenters to achieve the superb timber detail? Some of the contributions in this volume remind us that the politics of identity can be understood in less prosaic terms. Spectral variation of the unique colors defined by color opponency seems dependent on only the most prosaic of early (preretinal and photoreceptor) processes. Turning to more prosaic matters, the chapters are well-judged in respect of length and helpfully structured in sections. Cultural and political explanations are attractive; the more prosaic perception of danger may prove to have more mileage. Famously resistant to notation, it's at least as spurnful of prosaic translation. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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