prosaic

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UK [prəʊˈzeɪɪk]
  • adj.平庸的；没有诗意（或美感）的；平淡的；乏味的
  • Web散文的；单调的；平凡的

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poetic

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prosaic
adj.
1.
平庸的；没有诗意（或美感）的ordinary and not showing any imagination
a prosaic style
平淡的风格
2.
平淡的；乏味的；无聊的dull; not romantic
the prosaic side of life
生活平淡的一面

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Definition:
AllAll,平庸的平庸的,没有诗意的没有诗意的,平淡的平淡的,乏味的乏味的,散文的散文的,单调的单调的,平凡的平凡的
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1.
More than any other feature of our technical civilization, these now prosaic flights are emblematic of what powers are now ours.
在所有的科技与文明中，这些史诗般翱翔的飞行器最能展示现在我们已经具有何等的力量。
zài suǒ yǒu de kē jì yǔ wén míng zhōng , zhè xiē shǐ shī bān áo xiáng de fēi xíng qì zuì néng zhǎn shì xiàn zài wǒ men yǐ jīng jù yǒu hé děng de lì liang 。
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2.
And the next day, having completed our more prosaic shopping, we set out for Mr. Haha's business address.
第二天，在采购完了那些较平常的原料后，我们出发去哈哈先生的店。
dì èr tiān , zài cǎi gòu wán le nà xiē jiào píng cháng de yuán liào hòu , wǒ men chū fā qù hā ha xiān sheng de diàn 。
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3.
e. g. No, I mean, you know, cabernets can be powerful and exalting too, but they seem prosaic to me, for some reason, by comparison.
我是说，你知道，解百衲葡萄酒也能很强健，喝起来飘飘欲仙，但它们对我来说太平凡了，因为某种原因，相对而言。
wǒ shì shuō , nǐ zhī dào , jiě bǎi nà pú táo jiǔ yě néng hěn qiáng jiàn , hē qǐ lái piāo piāo yù xiān , dàn tā men duì wǒ lái shuō tài píng fán le , yīn wèi mǒu zhǒng yuán yīn , xiāng duì ér yán 。
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4.
Your particular task is quite prosaic, though. You are to develop the memory manager being able to work with a large number of stacks.
你的任务很平凡，是负责内存管理器的开发，使D++能够使用大的栈空间。
nǐ de rèn wu hěn píng fán , shì fù zé nèi cún guǎn lǐ qì de kāi fā , shǐ D++ néng gòu shǐ yòng dà de zhàn kōng jiān 。
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5.
That may sound prosaic, but Schuman declared that it was much more than just a business deal.
这种想法听上去单调乏味，但舒曼宣称其意义超过了商业交易。
zhè zhǒng xiǎng fǎ tīng shàng qù dān diào fá wèi , dàn shū màn xuān chēng qí yì yì chāo guò le shāng yè jiāo yì 。
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6.
People said he'd been a pirate, but the truth was more prosaic.
人们说他曾作过海盗，但事实远没那么有传奇性。
rén men shuō tā céng zuò guò hǎi dào , dàn shì shí yuǎn méi nà me yǒu chuán qí xìng 。
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7.
While China's historic grievances are never far below the surface when the subject of Japan comes up , more prosaic concerns loom larger .
尽管中国人在日本问题上难免有历史情结，但如今他们也有更为现实的忧虑。
jǐn guǎn zhōng guó rén zài rì běn wèn tí shàng nán miǎn yǒu lì shǐ qíng jié , dàn rú jīn tā men yě yǒu gèng wéi xiàn shí de yōu lǜ 。
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8.
Until just a few years ago it was known by the more prosaic name of Zhongdian.
几年以前它还有一个更有诗性的名字：终点（zhongdian）。
jǐ nián yǐ qián tā hái yǒu yī gè gèng yǒu shī xìng de míng zì : zhōng diǎn ( zhongdian ) 。
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9.
This modeling may be informal or prosaic, as it was in Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations, or it may be formal, rigorous and mathematical.
这可能是非正式的建模或平淡无奇，因为它是在亚当斯密的国富论，也可能是正式的，严格和数学。
zhè kě néng shì fēi zhèng shì de jiàn mó huò píng dàn wú qí , yīn wèi tā shì zài yà dāng sī mì de guó fù lùn , yě kě néng shì zhèng shì de , yán gé hé shù xué 。
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10.
The movie, whose working title is the reassuringly prosaic 'Confucius', has no confirmed release date.
这部电影暂定名为《孔子》，非常普通。目前它还没有确定的放映日期。
zhè bù diàn yǐng zàn dìng míng wéi 《 kǒng zǐ 》 , fēi cháng pǔ tōng 。 mù qián tā hái méi yǒu què dìng de fàng yìng rì qī 。
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