trite

英 [traɪt]

美 [traɪt]

adj.  老生常谈的; 陈腐的; 老一套的

最高级：tritest　

GRE

BNC.19962 / COCA.20823

牛津词典

adj.

• 老生常谈的；陈腐的；老一套的
  dull and boring because it has been expressed so many times before; not original

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 陈腐的;老一套的
  If you say that something such as an idea, remark, or story istrite, you mean that it is dull and boring because it has been said or told too many times.
  1. The movie is teeming with obvious and trite ideas...
     这部电影充斥着平铺直叙的陈腐观点。
  2. The simple concepts he had been taught now sounded trite and naive.
     他曾经被教导的简单观念如今听起来陈腐而幼稚。

英英释义

adj

• repeated too often
  1. bromidic sermons
  2. his remarks were trite and commonplace
  3. hackneyed phrases
  4. a stock answer
  5. repeating threadbare jokes
  6. parroting some timeworn axiom
  7. the trite metaphor `hard as nails'
  Synonym:banalcommonplacehackneyedold-hatshopwornstock(a)threadbaretimeworntiredwell-worn

双语例句

• Trite comments such as squeeze the toothpaste betray a real lack of thought.
  诸如挤牙膏之类的老生常谈确实是欠缺考虑的。
• It is a trite simile to compare her teeth to pearls.
  把她的牙齿比做珍珠是陈腐的比喻。
• Not all viral content is trite and shallow.
  不是所有病毒式内容都陈腐而肤浅。
• His meticulous observations of family life can seem trite in comparison with the events soon to come.
  他所小心翼翼观测描绘的那些家庭生活，与即将来临的事件相比显得索然无味。
• Your alibi is pretty trite.
  你的托辞实在不怎么新鲜。
• The movie is teeming with obvious and trite ideas
  这部电影充斥着平铺直叙的陈腐观点。
• That was true no matter how trite it sounded.
  这种话听起来像是陈词滥调，不过，这是真话。
• Drearily commonplace and often predictable; trite. Keiner made verses too, but very indifferently.
  平庸的，陈腐的令人沮丧的且常为可预见的平庸陈腐；平庸陈腐的凯默也做诗，但很平庸。
• I've always thought white clothes for Winter collections were trite and cliche, but these feel so pure and ethereal, in a modern-clothing way.
  我以前一直觉得白色的衣服对于冬季系列来说太陈腐，但上面这些却让人感觉很纯洁和空灵轻盈，走时尚成衣的路。
• This observation would seem so trite as to need no further explanation.
  这一点似乎是老生常谈，无需赘述。