mundane
/ˌmʌnˈdeɪn/adjective
1
- lacking interest or excitement; dull乏味的; 平淡无奇的; 单调的:
seeking a way out of his mundane, humdrum existence.
寻求一条摆脱他单调乏味生活的路。
2
- of this earthly world rather than a heavenly or spiritual one尘世的; 世俗的。
2.1
- of, relating to, or denoting the branch of astrology that deals with political, social, economic, and geophysical events and processes(与)世俗占星术(有关)的。
派生词
mundanely
adverbmundaneness
nounmundanity
/-ˈdeɪnətɪ/ noun (pl. -ies)词源
late Middle English (in sense 2): from Old French mondain, from late Latin mundanus, from Latin mundus 'world'. Sense 1 dates from the late 19th cent.