Workaday means ordinary, plain, and not exciting — the way things are on a normal working day. You use it for the parts of life that just repeat: the workaday routine, workaday clothes, a workaday little town, the workaday business of paying bills.

Workaday means ordinary, plain, and not excitingworkaday意思是平凡、普通、不刺激 — the way things are on a normal working day就是平常上班日那種樣子。You use it你會用它 for the parts of life that just repeat形容生活裡一直重複的部分： the workaday routine, workaday clothes, a workaday little town, the workaday business of paying bills像是workaday routine（日常例行公事）、workaday clothes（平常穿的衣服）、a workaday little town（平凡的小鎮）、the workaday business of paying bills（繳帳單這種瑣事）。

The word carries a quiet feeling of "this is fine, but nobody would write a song about it." It is often set against something brighter, and that contrast is where it lives most naturally: people talk about escaping the workaday world into a film, a holiday, a dream. Because of that, you will meet it more in writing — novels, essays, newspapers — than in speech.

The word carries a quiet feeling of "this is fine, but nobody would write a song about it."這個字帶著一種平靜的感覺——「這樣是還可以啦，但沒人會為它寫首歌。」It is often set against something brighter它常常拿來跟更精彩的東西對比， and that contrast is where it lives most naturally而這個對比正是它最自然的用法： people talk about escaping the workaday world into a film, a holiday, a dream人們會說要逃離workaday的世界，進入一部電影、一趟假期、一場夢。Because of that正因如此， you will meet it more in writing你會比較常在寫作裡遇到它 — novels, essays, newspapers像小說、散文、報紙 — than in speech比口語常見。

If a friend asks about your weekend, you would not say "it was workaday"; you would say "nothing special." It is a soft word, not a cruel one. Calling a meal workaday says it fed you and did nothing more; it does not say it was bad.

If a friend asks about your weekend如果朋友問你週末過得怎樣， you would not say "it was workaday"你不會說「it was workaday」； you would say "nothing special."你會說「沒什麼特別的」。It is a soft word這是個溫和的字， not a cruel one不是殘忍的字。Calling a meal workaday說一頓飯workaday， says it fed you and did nothing more意思是它填飽了你的肚子，僅此而已； it does not say it was bad並不是說它難吃。

Applied to a person's work it can sting a little, though — a workaday writer is a competent one, not a good one.

Applied to a person's work用在一個人的工作上， it can sting a little, though不過這樣說會有點刺 — a workaday writer is a competent onea workaday writer是個能力還可以的作家， not a good one但不是厲害的作家。

There is also an old noun use meaning a working day itself (as opposed to a holiday), but you will almost only see that in old books.

There is also an old noun use還有一個舊式的名詞用法 meaning a working day itself意思就是工作日本身 (as opposed to a holiday)（相對於假日）, but you will almost only see that in old books但你幾乎只會在老書裡看到這個用法。