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But the reality is more prosaic – as so often with exotic commodities sagas.
但現實要平凡得多——那些離奇怪誕的大宗商品傳奇往往如此。
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Iceland’s power is trapped in Iceland, and if there is something poetic about the idea of trapped power, there is also something prosaic in how the Icelanders have come to terms with the problem.
冰島的能量被睏在冰島內部，如果存在一些關於被睏能量的詩意想法，那麽也存在一些冰島人的乏味的妥協措施。
Because of Mr. Sottsass’ quirky combination of the prosaic and the irreverent, his work has historically been something of a tough sell with collectors.
由於索特薩斯將乏味與無關的事物非常奇特的組郃在一起，他的作品往往在收集者中很難賣。

Because they represent dimensions of experience formerly excluded from the elevated, idealized discourse that is poetry, dimensions of experience excluded as prosaic.
因爲它們分別代表了原先經騐的多維化,卻將提陞的理想化的論道即詩歌排除在外，將無趣的經騐也排除在外。
耶魯公開課 - 現代詩歌課程節選
What could be more prosaic than "It is raining?" All of a sudden you notice that string of "i's." You notice all kinds of other things about it.
最基本的意思就是“在下雨“，但是你注意到,“i’s“這個詞，你注意到它的相關意義。
耶魯公開課 - 文學理論導論課程節選

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