pro·sa·ic
adjective/prəˈzeɪɪk/
/prəʊˈzeɪɪk/
(usually disapproving)- ordinary and not showing any imagination
平庸的；没有诗意（或美感）的 - a prosaic style
平淡的风格
Extra Examples- ‘Perhaps,’ he replied loftily, ‘you have too prosaic a mind?’
“也许，”他傲慢地回答，“你的头脑太平淡了？” - Prosaic language can't capture or convey the experience.
平淡的语言无法捕捉或传达这种体验。 - The final message is prosaic: practise as often as you can.
最后的信息很平淡：尽可能多地练习。 - They exchanged a few very prosaic words.
他们交换了一些非常平淡的话。
- a prosaic style
- not interesting or romantic
平淡的；乏味的；无聊的 - the prosaic side of life
生活平淡的一面
Extra Examples- Seafarers found it difficult to settle down to the more prosaic existence of life ashore.
水手们觉得很难安下心来在岸上过较为平淡的生活。 - Daylight brought the prosaic world back again.
日光又把平淡的世界带回来了。
- the prosaic side of life
Word Originlate 16th cent. (as a noun denoting a prose writer): from late Latin prosaicus, from Latin prosa ‘straightforward (discourse)’, feminine of prosus, earlier prorsus ‘direct’. Current senses of the adjective date from the mid 18th cent.