mundane
英['m?nde?n;m?n'de?n]
美[m?n'den]
- adj. 世俗的，平凡的；世界的，宇宙的
助記提示
1. mund- (諧音“忙的”---忙碌的世俗世界，諧音“茫的”----茫茫宇宙、茫茫眾生、茫茫人海，諧音“芒德”----芒德是個凡夫俗子)。
2. 諧音“蠻單哦”-----蠻單調的、蠻平凡的、蠻世俗的。
3. 諧音“蠻大呢”-----這個世界、宇宙真的是蠻大的呢。
中文詞源
mundane 單調的，平凡的
來自拉丁語mundanus,世界的，世俗的，非神性的，來自mundus,宇宙，世界，秩序，整潔。 引申詞義單調的，平凡的。該詞基本詞義為干凈的，整潔的，為拉丁學者為翻譯希臘語kosmos 賦予的新詞義，可能來自PIE*meu,清洗，沖洗，詞源同emanate,marine,mere.詞義演變比較 cosmos,cosmetic.
英文詞源
- mundane (adj.)
- mid-15c., "of this world," from Old French mondain "of this world, worldly, earthly, secular;" also "pure, clean; noble, generous" (12c.), from Late Latin mundanus "belonging to the world" (as distinct from the Church), in classical Latin "a citizen of the world, cosmopolite," from mundus "universe, world," literally "clean, elegant"; used as a translation of Greek kosmos (see cosmos) in its Pythagorean sense of "the physical universe" (the original sense of the Greek word was "orderly arrangement"). Latin mundus also was used of a woman's "ornaments, dress," and is related to the adjective mundus "clean, elegant" (used of women's dress, etc.). Related: Mundanely. The mundane era was the chronology that began with the supposed epoch of the Creation (famously reckoned as 4004 B.C.E.).
雙語例句
- 1. Her London life was sedate, almost mundane.
- 她在倫敦的生活平淡無奇，幾乎有些枯燥。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. It was hard to return to mundane matters after such excitement.
- 經驗過這種緊張的情形,很難再回來做例行的事務.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. I found the job very mundane.
- 我覺得這工作非常單調.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. A paint finish can transform something everyday and mundane into something more elaborate.
- 油漆罩面能夠使普通而平凡的東西看上去更加精致。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. It's an attitude that turns the mundane into some-thing rather more interesting and exciting.
- 這種態度會將平淡的事情變得更加有趣而令人激動。
來自柯林斯例句