trite
英 [traɪt]
美 [traɪt]
adj. 老生常谈的; 陈腐的; 老一套的
最高级:tritest
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.- 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。 - 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。
- The movie is teeming with obvious and trite ideas...
英英释义
adj
- repeated too often
- bromidic sermons
- his remarks were trite and commonplace
- hackneyed phrases
- a stock answer
- repeating threadbare jokes
- parroting some timeworn axiom
- the trite metaphor `hard as nails'
双语例句
- The story is described as beautifully written but concerned with the trite theme of adolescent loneliness.
人们认为这本小说写得很美,但内容却是有关青春寂怨的这个老一套的主题。 - Your alibi is pretty trite.
你的托辞实在不怎么新鲜。 - My speech seemed lively and interesting as I was writing it, but it came out trite, dull and ridiculous.
当我在写演讲稿时它似乎显得生动有趣,但是到头来却变得平淡、无趣和可笑。 - A trite or obvious remark. ideas that are presentable in simple language
陈腐的或显而易见的言词。能以简朴语言陈述的思想 - It was spiritual, but it wasn't trite.
但是她爱他是精神上的,决不是俗套。 - 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。 - 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。 - For example, instead of opening your letter with some such trite, worn-out statement as," I saw your advertisement in today's paper," plan your first sentence to arouse interest at once.
例如,信开头不写“我在今天的报纸上看到你们的广告”等陈词俗套开头,设计一下开头的句子,立即引起注意。 - 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。 - 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。