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

• It was spiritual, but it wasn't trite.
  但是她爱他是精神上的，决不是俗套。
• The heading is trite.
  标题陈旧。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Repeated too often; trite or hackneyed.
  陈腐的重复太多的；陈词或滥调的。
• It sounds so trite, so Norman Vincent Peale, but my goodness this works.
  这听起来是如此陈腐，和诺曼。
• It can be very hard to tell someone you love them without sounding trite.
  很难对一个人说你爱他而话语听上去又不觉得俗气。