Lengthy and prosy in the extreme.

冗长乏味到极点。

We can now be married in a prosy public way.

我们现在可以以一种散漫的公开方式结婚了。

In truth, a prosy cleric of five-and-forty wants encouragement to make him eloquent.

事实上，一个 5 岁和 40 岁的散文牧师需要鼓励才能使他口才好。

The drops which lashed her face were not scorpions, but prosy rain; Egdon in the mass was no monster whatever, but impersonal open ground.

打在她脸上的雨珠不是毒蝎，只是普通的雨水而已；混沌中的埃格敦不是什么怪物，只是一片冷漠的空旷之地而已。

But Aunt March had not this gift, and she worried Amy very much with her rules and orders, her prim ways, and long, prosy talks.

但马奇叔婆不具备这种才能，她用她的清规戒律，她的古板的方式，以及冗长乏味的唠叨，把艾米折磨得够呛。

You open a book and try to read, but you find Shakespeare trite and commonplace, Dickens is dull and prosy, Thackeray a bore, and Carlyle too sentimental.

你打开一本书试图阅读， 但你发现莎士比亚陈腐而平庸， 狄更斯乏味而乏味， 萨克雷令人厌烦， 卡莱尔过于多愁善感。