platitudes

英 [ˈplætɪtjuːdz]

美 [ˈplætɪˌtudz]

n. 陈词滥调; 老生常谈
platitude的复数

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

双语例句

There are various things that can be said about this sorry exercise in windy platitudes.
对于这种拙劣的陈词滥调，有几点可以说一下。
Western diplomats believe its private message to Gilani is likely to have been very different from the public platitudes.
西方交际官相信中国对吉拉尼暗里传达的信息跟公布的陈词谰言完全不同。
You should avoid saying "It's for the best" or other such moralizing platitudes.
你应避免说类似一切到最后都会好的或诸如此类的陈词滥调。
He was mouthing the usual platitudes about the need for more compassion.
他言不由衷地说些需要更加同情之类的老一套话。
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。
Given his liking for platitudes, he might well have added that, IRA job was worth doing, it was worth doing well.
考虑到他爱用套话，他当时很可能会加上一句：凡值得做的事都值得做好。
His dinner parties were icy affairs where nothing but platitudes were served and everyone, as Stilwell remarked, sat stiffly waiting to be addressed from the throne.
他举行的宴会冷冰冰的，尽是些陈词滥调，正像史迪威所描述的那样人人正襟危坐、恭聆这位皇上的纶音。
All too often, these promises yield little but generic advice and platitudes.
然而，事实上这些书给出的建议往往只是泛泛之词，或者陈腔滥调。
For Lois there will be no platitudes about working for charity-instead she can talk about the MSc in Financial Economics she is studying at the university's Sa? d Business School.
她不会在比赛上说些有关慈善爱心的陈词滥调，作为牛津大学的金融学硕士，她谈论的话题则可能是有关全球的经济动态。
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？