• adj. 世俗的，平凡的；世界的，宇宙的

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(diào)的，平凡的。該詞基本詞義為干凈的，整潔的，為拉丁學(xué)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.

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.).

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(jīng)驗(yàn)過這種緊張的情形,很難再回來做例行的事務(wù).

來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

3. I found the job very mundane.

我覺得這工作非常單調(diào).

來自《簡(jiǎn)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(tài)度會(huì)將平淡的事情變得更加有趣而令人激動(dòng)。

來自柯林斯例句