anodyne

• n. [药] 止痛剂；起安慰作用的事物
• adj. 止痛的；安慰人的；平淡无奇的

前缀an-，无，没有。词根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.

他们的季度会议乏善可陈。

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2. This is daytime television at its most anodyne.

现在正是日间电视最不痛不痒的节目时间.

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3. It was their delight, their folly, their anodyne, their intellectual stimulant.

这是他们的人生乐趣, 他们的一时荒唐, 他们的止痛药, 他们的脑力刺激剂.

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4. Friendship is not only the condiment but also the anodyne of life.

友谊是人生的调味品,也是人生的止痛药.

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5. Although rejected in favour of an anodyne text, this idea was significant.

虽然这个想法最终被拒绝,并代之以缓和矛盾的折衷版本, 但其意味非浅.

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