英语释义

• not fanciful or imaginative;

  "local guides describe the history of various places in matter-of-fact tones"

  "a prosaic and unimaginative essay"

• not challenging; dull and lacking excitement;

  "an unglamorous job greasing engines"

• lacking wit or imagination;

  "a pedestrian movie plot"

片语

prosaic novel散文化小说

prosaic movie散文化电影

Seem Prosaic看上去平淡无奇

prosaic style平淡风格

ordinary普通；平常的人（或事）

stupid傻瓜，笨蛋

prosaic criticism随笔体

Prosaic Language平淡无奇言语

stock存货的，常备的；平凡的

Prosaic Fu散体赋

prosaic day平淡无奇的一天

prosaic tendency散文化

英汉例句

• iceland’s power is trapped in iceland, and if there is something poetic about the idea of trapped power, there is also something prosaic in how the icelanders have come to terms with the problem.

  冰岛的能量被困在冰岛内部，如果存在一些关于被困能量的诗意想法，那么也存在一些冰岛人的乏味的妥协措施。

• but amid all the celebration it is worth asking a prosaic question.

  但是，在庆祝之时，有必要问一个平常的问题。

• instead, we spent three months communicating through emails, text messages, and, yes, quick phone calls, usually about the most prosaic of things.

  但恰恰相反，在三个月里，我们一直通过邮件，短信和快速电话联系，大部分都显得无聊乏味。

• guardiola, though proud of barca「s system, has a more prosaic view.

  尽管为巴萨的体系感到骄傲，瓜迪奥拉的观点却很平凡。

• can you think of many other executives who would turn something so prosaic into folklore?

  你能找到很多其他执行官把一些简单乏味的事情变成习俗吗？

• the marketers call this 「viral distribution, 」 but we know it by another and rather more prosaic name – friendship.

  营销人员把这称为「病毒式传播」，然而我们知道另外一个更抒情一些的名字「友爱」。

• because of mr. sottsass’ quirky combination of the prosaic and the irreverent, his work has historically been something of a tough sell with collectors.

  由于索特萨斯将乏味与无关的事物非常奇特的组合在一起，他的作品往往在收集者中很难卖。

• these days, however, that seems a fantasy compared to more prosaic demands such as, don’t shut down the government, starve critical government agencies of funds or default on the national debt.

  然而最近几天看来，这些要求不太可能实现。因为还有更为低层的要求：政府不能垮台、缩减政府关键部门的资金、拖欠国债等等。

• that」s gtd, short for 「getting things done,」 the prosaic title of his best-selling book.

  这就是gtd，「尽管去做」的简称，同时也是他的畅销书的朴实无华的标题。

• the cuban revolution at 50: heroic myth and prosaic failure

  heroicmyth andprosaic failure英雄般的神话与实实在在的失败

• missoula, mont. — the flying abilities of even the most prosaic bird put airplane maneuvers to shame, and experts here at the university of montana flight laboratory are cognizant of that every day.

  蒙大拿州，密苏拉—蒙大拿大学飞行实验室的专家们每天都会认识到即使是最普通的鸟类的飞行能力也能使飞行特技相形见绌。

• the first and largest composition was in a decidedly prosaic location: a parking garage on the outer ring of the city.

  第一组、也是规模最大的一组照片拍摄于一个十分「平凡」的地点：市郊的一个停车场。

• but then, with singapore’s trade-dependent economy facing its worst recession in history, most people have more prosaic worries.

  但是，在历史上，新加坡的贸易依赖型经济面临最严重的衰退，大多数人有更多平淡的忧虑。

• the prosaic end to the life of one of the best known figures in art history has only recently come to light through a fresh building project for the convent site.

  这位艺术史上最着名的人物之一平淡地结束了一生，直到最近修道院旧址要建造一座新建筑时才为人所知。

• but, for the time being, airlines will have to put their faith in disciplined adherence to more prosaic screening procedures rather than any technological fix for terrorism.

  但是航空公司不得不暂时将信任更多寄托于那些平乏的安检过程，而不是任何针对恐怖主义的技术应急措施。

• anxious to transform the prosaic into the romantic, his admirers speak of a poet of light and the poetry of silence.

  崇拜者们称他为光的诗人，作品中的寂静也充满诗意，他们迫切地想把这单调无奇变成浪漫迷人。

• after all those months of deliberation, was this prosaic utterance the pay-off?

  经过这么多个月的斟酌，结果就是这些平淡的话语吗？

• he was rejected as provost of king’s for the more prosaic reason: that he was not an etonian.

  他被拒绝作为皇家学院院长，是出于更加缺乏想象力的理由，即他不是一个伊顿学派的人。

• in a prosaic culture of mobility, with cars becoming nothing more than soulless city shuttles, top-end brands such as audi, bmw and mercedes are sure to start feeling the sqeeze.

  在平淡的移动文化中，汽车只是种无活力的城市往来工具，一些像奥迪，宝马，奔驰这样的尖端品牌也一定感到了这种压力。

• directly the assuring and prosaic light of the world's active hours had grown strong she crept from under her hillock of leaves, and looked around boldly.

  在世界上这个充满活力的时候，天上使人放心的平凡的光明已经变得强烈了，她立刻从那一堆树叶中爬了出来，大着胆子查看了一下四周。

相似词

practical实际的；实用性的

literal文字的；逐字的；无夸张的

相反词

imaginary虚构的，假想的；想像的；虚数的

poetic诗学，诗论