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单词 prosaic
释义
prosaic
adjective
formal
uk
/prəˈzeɪ.ɪk/us
/prəˈzeɪ.ɪk/
withoutinterest,imagination, andexcitement:
乏味的；平淡无奇的；缺乏想象力的
If only she'd been called Camilla or Flaviainsteadof the prosaicJane.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。
Heaskedif I'd got myblackeyein afight- I told him the prosaictruththat I'dbangedmyheadon adoor.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
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Tedious and uninspiring
  • anonymous
  • banal
  • basic
  • be (as) dull as ditchwateridiom
  • bland
  • lifelessness
  • marginal
  • marmoreal
  • meh
  • menial
  • slow
  • soulless
  • spinach
  • staid
  • stale
  • staleness
  • stuffy
  • tame
  • turgid
  • worthy
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(Definition ofprosaicfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

prosaic| American Dictionary

prosaic
adjective
us
/proʊˈzeɪ·ɪk/
ordinaryand notespeciallyinterestingorunusual:
Only a few prosaictablesandchairsremainedby thetimewe got to theauction.
(Definition ofprosaicfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprosaic

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Seeing isprosaic, listening poetic19 - and 'no colour can ever be as romantic as a tone'.
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History offers ample evidence for an architecture resulting from a poetic translation of its representations, rather than as aprosaictranscription of an objectified image.
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The circumstances and apparent causes of this demise wereprosaic.
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Unfortunately, her husband, an indomitablyprosaicmiddle-class bureaucrat, "was not the right business opportunity" in which to invest her passion (107).
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And there is also the moreprosaicindividualistic dimension to account for, the one that generates the puzzle in the first place.
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A moreprosaicexplanation for this isolated residence is that there was a lack of suitable land for large new buildings in the old village.
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The issue of prices (and by extension wages), whileprosaic, turns out to be highly illuminating in two ways.
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But thisprosaicpurpose was very quickly overtaken by subjective elements, by domestic events, emotions and illnesses.
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Later entries document more subtle orprosaicimpediments - husband's careers, lack of childcare, lack of due recognition - all stultifying in their own ways.
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At a moreprosaiclevel, what were the instructions to carpenters to achieve the superb timber detail?
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Some of the contributions in this volume remind us that the politics of identity can be understood in lessprosaicterms.
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Spectral variation of the unique colors defined by color opponency seems dependent on only the mostprosaicof early (preretinal and photoreceptor) processes.
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Turning to moreprosaicmatters, the chapters are well-judged in respect of length and helpfully structured in sections.
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Cultural and political explanations are attractive; the moreprosaicperception of danger may prove to have more mileage.
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Famously resistant to notation, it's at least as spurnful ofprosaictranslation.
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