anodyne

anodyne

英 ['ænədaɪn]
　　美 ['ænədaɪn]

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

中文詞源：

anodyne 溫和的

前綴an-，無，沒有。詞根od, 吃，咬，同eat.

例句：

1. Their quarterly meetings were anodyne affairs.
他們的季度會議乏善可陳。

2. This is daytime television at its most anodyne.
現在正是日間電視最不痛不癢的節目時間.

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.

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.

5. Although rejected in favour of an anodyne text, this idea was significant.
雖然這個想法最終被拒絕,並代之以緩和矛盾的折衷版本, 但其意味非淺.