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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary mun·dane \\ˌmən-ˈdān, ˈmən-ˌ\\ adjective ETYMOLOGY Middle English mondeyne, from Anglo-French mundain, from Late Latin mundanus, from Latin mundus world DATE 15th century 1. of, relating to, or characteristic of the world 2. characterized by the practical, transitory, and ordinary : commonplace the mundane concerns of day-to-day life Synonyms: see earthly • mun·dane·ly adverb • mun·dane·ness \\-ˈdān-nəs, -ˌdān-\\ noun • mun·dan·i·ty \\ˌmən-ˈdā-nə-tē\\ noun English Etymology mundane 1475, from M.Fr . mondain (12c.), from L. mundanus "belonging to the world" (as distinct from the Church), from mundus"universe, world," lit. "clean, elegant"; used as a transl. of Gk.khosmos (see cosmos) in its Pythagorean sense of "the physical universe" (the original sense of the Gk. word was "orderly arrangement"). L. mundus also was used of a woman's "ornaments, dress," and is related to the adj. mundus "clean, elegant" (used of women's dress, etc.).http://M.Fr Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 mundane mun·dane / mQn5dein / adjective (often disapproving)not interesting or exciting 单调的；平凡的 SYN dull , ordinary :
a mundane task / job 平凡的任务/职业 I lead a pretty mundane existence. 我过着相当平淡的生活。 On a more mundane level, can we talk about the timetable for next week? 说点儿实际的吧,我们能谈谈下周的时间安排吗？ Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English mundane adj. VERBS be, seem, sound | become | find sth I found the job very mundane ADV. very | thoroughly, utterly | fairly, pretty, rather, somewhat a rather mundane task | apparently OLT mundane adj. ⇨ mundane Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged mun·dane \|mən|dān\ adjective Etymology: Middle English mondeyne, from Middle French mondain, from Late Latin mundanus, from Latin mundus world + -anus -an 1. a. : of, relating to, or characteristic of the world : characterized by human affairs, concerns, and activities that are often practical, immediate, transitory, and ordinary < a reviewer is not expected to mention anything so mundane as the price of books — A.J.P.Taylor > < nothing but mundane businessmen — T.H.Fielding > < the occupations and distractions of mundane life — Harold Nicolson > b. : belonging to the world and having no concern for the ideal or the heavenly < the trend which marks distinguished art from the more mundane — Carlyle Burrows > < a fairy palace, no: but a mundane wonder of a quite unimagined kind — R.A.W.Hughes > 2. : of or relating to the cosmos : cosmic Synonyms: see earthly |
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