mundane

英 ['mʌndeɪn; mʌn'deɪn] 美 [mʌn'den]

解释

adj. 世俗的，平凡的；世界的，宇宙的

※ 提供单词"mundane"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

mundane 单调的，平凡的

来自拉丁语mundanus,世界的，世俗的，非神性的，来自mundus,宇宙，世界，秩序，整洁。引申词义单调的，平凡的。该词基本词义为干净的，整洁的，为拉丁学者为翻译希腊语kosmos 赋予的新词义，可能来自PIE*meu,清洗，冲洗，词源同emanate,marine,mere.词义演变比较 cosmos,cosmetic.

英文词源

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.).

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例句和用法

1. Her London life was sedate, almost mundane.: 她在伦敦的生活平淡无奇，几乎有些枯燥。

2. It was hard to return to mundane matters after such excitement.: 经验过这种紧张的情形,很难再回来做例行的事务.

3. I found the job very mundane.: 我觉得这工作非常单调.

4. A paint finish can transform something everyday and mundane into something more elaborate.: 油漆罩面能够使普通而平凡的东西看上去更加精致。

5. It's an attitude that turns the mundane into some-thing rather more interesting and exciting.: 这种态度会将平淡的事情变得更加有趣而令人激动。