prose

Most of the play is written in verse, but some of it is in prose.

这剧本大部分是用韵文写的，不过有一些是用散文。

Specially, science fiction is a sub-class of prose fiction, for nearly every piece of science fiction is either a short story or a novel.

特别是，科幻小说是散文小说的一个子类，因为几乎每一部科幻小说都是短篇小说或长篇小说。

This new form of part-reading, of part-perception against background distraction, renders impossible certain essential acts of apprehension and concentration, let alone that most important tribute any human being can pay to a poem or a piece of prose he or she really loves.

这种部分为阅读，部分为抵抗感知分心背景物的新形式，展现了某些理解与专注行为的不可能，更不用提那种人类对其真正所爱的诗或散文献上的最隆重的礼赞。

The minutes of the meeting are recorded in office prose.

会议备忘录以平淡乏味的公文形式记录下来。

He was always prosing about his old times.

谈起过去的时光，他总是絮絮叨叨地说个不停。

This is a prose narrative.

这是一篇散文式记叙文。