anodyne
英 ['?n?da?n]
美['?n?da?n]
- n. [藥] 止痛劑；起安慰作用的事物
- adj. 止痛的；安慰人的；平淡無奇的
GRE暢通詞匯
助記提示
【記】音：安腦定，安寧定，就是安定(一種藥)，“安腦定痛”是種止頭痛的藥；
中文詞源
anodyne 溫和的前綴an-，無，沒有。詞根od, 吃，咬，同eat.
英文詞源
- anodyne (adj.)
- 1540s, from Medieval Latin anodynus "pain-removing, allaying pain," from Latin anodynus "painless," from Greek anodynos "free from pain," from an- "without" (see an- (1)) + odyne "pain," a word perhaps from PIE root *ed- "to eat" (source of Lithuanian ed?ioti "to devour, bite," ed?iotis "to suffer pain;" see eat). In old slang, frequently a euphemism for "death;" as in anodyne necklace "hangman's noose."
雙語例句
- 1. Their quarterly meetings were anodyne affairs.
- 他們的季度會議乏善可陳。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. This is daytime television at its most anodyne.
- 現(xiàn)在正是日間電視最不痛不癢的節(jié)目時間.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. It was their delight, their folly, their anodyne, their intellectual stimulant.
- 這是他們的人生樂趣, 他們的一時荒唐, 他們的止痛藥, 他們的腦力刺激劑.
來自英漢文學
- 4. Friendship is not only the condiment but also the anodyne of life.
- 友誼是人生的調味品,也是人生的止痛藥.
來自互聯(lián)網
- 5. Although rejected in favour of an anodyne text, this idea was significant.
- 雖然這個想法最終被拒絕,并代之以緩和矛盾的折衷版本, 但其意味非淺.
來自互聯(lián)網