anodyne

• n. [薬]鎮痛剤; 慰めるもの
• adj.鎮痛剤; 慰めるもの; ありふれたもの

接頭辞 an-, nil, ない。根元 ood, 食べる、かむ、eatと同じ。

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 ed?ioti "to devour, bite," ed?iotis "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.

彼らの四半期会議には良いことがありません。

2.This is daytime television at its most anodyne .

今こそ日中テレビの最も痛くも痒くもない番組時間だ。

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

これは彼らの人生の楽しみであり、彼らの一時のでたらめ、彼らの鎮痛剤、彼らの脳力刺激剤.

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

友情は人生のスパイスであり、人生の鎮痛薬でもある。

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

この考え方は最終的に拒否され、矛盾のトレードオフバージョンを緩和するために代えられたが、その意味は浅い。