prosaic

adj.

1. 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
2. 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

1. ADJ-GRADED 枯燥的；乏味的；平淡无奇的
   Something that is prosaic is 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。

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。
3. 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。
4. And those that do are usually embarrassingly prosaic.
   而那些的确带给我这种喜悦的东西却通常平凡得让人尴尬。
5. The very prosaic one of our landlord.
   说来也十分平淡无味，是我们的旅馆老板。
6. You might think you have the figure of Marilyn Monroe but according to research the truth is likely to be far more prosaic.
   你可能以为你是玛丽莲梦露的身材，不过据一项调查显示，现实可能没你想象的那么好。
7. 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。
8. 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？
9. A more prosaic approach was used.
   采用了较普通的方法。
10. 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。
11. 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。
12. This paper aims at a global review on the prosaic works of the knowledgeable and productive Roman author Varro.
    本文全面地评介古罗马作家瓦罗的散文作品。
13. Poetry should have poetic beauty, and prose should have prosaic beauty-this is one of the basic an esthetics principles.
    诗应该讲究诗美，散文应该讲究散文美，这是基本的美学原则之一。
14. The facts are more prosaic than the legend.
    事实远没有传说的那样神乎其神。
15. Stephen Green of Standard Chartered, a bank, offers a more prosaic explanation.
    来自渣打银行的史提芬。格林则提出了一个平平无奇的观点。
16. At the more prosaic end of the market, sales of dog and cat food are also soaring.
    在更为平淡的市场终端上，销售狗食和猫食同样火爆。
17. 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。
18. No, he would never do anything that prosaic.
    不可能，没有人会这么做。
19. At this grand moment Pug Henry's thoughts were prosaic.
    在这个伟大的时刻，帕格？亨利的思想却毫无诗意。
20. 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。
21. If the water in your glass turns to wine, you should consider more prosaic explanations before announcing a miracle.
    如果你杯子里的水变成了酒，在宣布出现奇迹之前，你应考虑一些更平常的解释。
22. 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。
23. 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。
24. 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。
25. 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。
26. By and by, however, fervent gave way to prosaic.
    然而，渐渐地，热烈变成了平淡。
27. Relatively speaking it is a little prosaic.
    相对说来，那有一点平凡。
28. 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。
29. These prosaic details take all the sparkle out of the conversation.
    这些无聊的细节使谈话失去了生气。
30. Other Beijing residents have more prosaic complaints.
    其他北京居民的怨言则更为平实一些。

adj

1. not challenging
   1. an unglamorous job greasing engines

   Synonym:    commonplacehumdrumunglamorousunglamourous

2. lacking wit or imagination
   1. a pedestrian movie plot

   Synonym:    pedestrianprosyearthbound

3. 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