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platitude

英 [ˈplætɪtjuːd]

美 [ˈplætɪtuːd]

n.  陈词滥调; 老生常谈

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BNC.19933 / COCA.20203

牛津词典

    noun

    • 陈词滥调;老生常谈
      a comment or statement that has been made very often before and is therefore not interesting

      柯林斯词典

      • N-COUNT 陈词滥调;套话
        Aplatitudeis a statement which is considered meaningless and boring because it has been made many times before in similar situations.
        1. Why couldn't he say something original instead of spouting the same old platitudes?
          他为什么就不能讲些有新意的话,而不是喋喋不休地说些老生常谈呢?
        2. ...a stream of platitudes, outlining many problems but offering few solutions.
          概述了很多问题、但几乎没有提出解决办法的一串陈词滥调

      英英释义

      noun

      双语例句

      • How to improve college English teaching is a platitude but the significance of doing so can't be neglected.
        如何提高高校外语教学质量可谓老生常谈。然而意义却不容忽视。
      • But this is just a reassuring platitude.
        但这不过是用来安慰人的陈词滥调。
      • The talk is no more than a platitude.
        这番话无非是老生常谈。
      • Reviewing Platitude& Correctness of Structure and its Significance in Contemporary Architectural Critique
        重温陈词滥调&谈结构正确性及其在当代建筑评论中的意义
      • I am the champion of the platitude.
        我是这种老生常谈的冠军。
      • With reference to ordinary company governance, it has been a platitude for a long time; but the particularity of financial holding group, can never compared with that of ordinary company.
        关于一般公司的治理,已是老生常谈的问题,但金融控股集团的公司治理特殊性,却远非一般公司所能对比。
      • Why couldn't he say something original instead of spouting the same old platitudes?
        他为什么就不能讲些有新意的话,而不是喋喋不休地说些老生常谈呢?
      • With spontaneous irreverence, satire rearranges perspectives, scrambles familiar objects into incongruous juxtaposition, and speaks in a personal idiom instead of abstract platitude.
        讽刺作品用自然的嘲讽态度重新设置了观点,将熟悉的事物自相矛盾地置在一起。
      • This is really a platitude and different people have different views question.
        这实在是「老生常谈」而且「见仁见智」的问题。
      • The topic of translation criteria may be thought of as platitude, but such assumption is rather misleading.
        翻译标准这个话题似乎已是老生常谈,其实不然。