platitude
英 [ˈplætɪtjuːd]
美 [ˈplætɪtuːd]
n. 陈词滥调; 老生常谈
复数:platitudes
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.- 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? - ...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
- Why couldn't he say something original instead of spouting the same old platitudes?
英英释义
noun
- a trite or obvious remark
双语例句
- Stated as an English sentence, of course, this is just a banal platitude& but the fact is that, in the day-to-day trenches of adult existence, banal platitudes can have life-or-death importance.
当然用一句英语句子来阐述,只是些陈词滥调&但是事实上,在成年人存在的日常鸿沟中,陈词滥调可能很重要,它可以决定你的生死。 - The changs of teaching environment and major are in conflict with the platitude pattern of university teaching.
本文首先从教学环境、教学主体的变化与大学陈旧的教学模式的矛盾中,得出了结论:大学数学教学必须走教学改革的道路; - 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 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。 - 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 - 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。 - Since the Opium War in the mid-nineteenth century which was in the era of big upheavals, the commonplace platitude pedestrian banal Qing Dynasty had been caught in the unprecedented crisis.
腐朽的清王朝,在十九世纪中期鸦片战争以来的时代大变局中,遭遇到了数千年来前所未见的危机。 - End your speech with an attitude, not a platitude.
用一种有力的态度结束你的演讲,而不是用那些陈词滥调。 - I am the champion of the platitude.
我是这种老生常谈的冠军。