记忆方法
1、from Latin prosa oratio "straightforward or direct speech" (without the ornaments of verse).
2、也就是说prose是由prosa oratio简写、缩略而来。
3、prose is short form of provorsus "(moving) straight ahead".
4、pro- "forward" + vers- / vors- + -us => provorsus => prorsus => prosus => prosa (feminine of prosus) => prosa oratio => prose.
5、散文其实就是一种平铺直叙的文体嘛，没有什么装饰啊，修饰啊什么的。
6、prosa (feminine of prosus) + -ic.
2、也就是说prose是由prosa oratio简写、缩略而来。
3、prose is short form of provorsus "(moving) straight ahead".
4、pro- "forward" + vers- / vors- + -us => provorsus => prorsus => prosus => prosa (feminine of prosus) => prosa oratio => prose.
5、散文其实就是一种平铺直叙的文体嘛，没有什么装饰啊，修饰啊什么的。
6、prosa (feminine of prosus) + -ic.
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中文词源
prosaic 没有诗意的，平淡的
来自prose,散文，平白的文字。引申词义没有诗意的，平淡的。
英语词源
- prosaic (adj.)
- 1650s, "having to do with prose," from Middle French prosaique and directly from Medieval Latin prosaicus "in prose" (16c.), from Latin prosa "prose" (see prose). Meaning "having the character of prose (in contrast to the feeling of poetry)" is by 1746; extended sense of "ordinary" is by 1813, both from French.
权威例句
- 1. the prosaic side of life
- 生活平淡的一面
- 2. 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。
- 3. The truth is more prosaic.
- 真相更加乏味。
- 4. How prosaic, and yet how magical such paragraphs are!
- 这样的段落是多么平淡, 又多么不可思议 啊 !
- 5. 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.