anodyne

• 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

前綴an-，無，沒有。詞根od, 吃，咬，同eat.

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 edžioti "to devour, bite," edžiotis "to suffer pain;" see eat). In old slang, frequently a euphemism for "death;" as in anodyne necklace "hangman's noose."

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.

現在正是日間電視最不痛不癢的節目時間.

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,並代之以緩和矛盾的折衷版本, 但其意味非淺.

來自互聯網