prose
n[U]
written or spoken language that is not in verse form 散文(区别於韵文)
a page of well-written prose 一篇写得很好的散文
[attrib 作定语]
the great prose writers of the 19th century
19 世纪的伟大散文作家. Cf 参看 poetry1, verse.
I'm afraid I can't agree with you. That's a good way of giving information, but it's not a good way of persuading people. For one thing, it's boring, and people aren't going to read an ad that looks boring. For another thing, one computer looks very like
When the ship finally arrived in a port, the wooden cover was opened wide and Kunta could see in daylight for the first time across the part of the ship where he had been chained.
当船终于到达一个港口时,木盖打开了,孔塔这才第一次在日光下扫视了他被拴在那儿的那一部分船舱。
In cities he refused to travel in a rickshaw, a two-wheeled cart pulled by a bare-footed man.