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
- It reduced the romance to platitude, and the third person in the drama to the appearance of a stick.
这就使浪漫色彩大为减少，而使这幕戏剧中的第三者成为一个呆头呆脑的角色。 - That's no platitude; the boundary between the two is surprisingly clear.
这并非陈词滥调；这两者之间的界限极其清晰。 - The topic of translation criteria may be thought of as platitude, but such assumption is rather misleading.
翻译标准这个话题似乎已是老生常谈，其实不然。 - 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； - 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 - This is not a platitude nor theorem, it is a truism.
这不是陈词滥调，而是事实。 - Scale is a platitude problem of geomorphology.
尺度是一个老生常谈的地学问题。 - It's no more than a platitude.
无非是老生常谈。 - 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？ - Maternal love is the most common and yet the greatest affection one can experience in the world. It defines sublimity with platitude. Her commitment to a great cause degenerate from a crusade Into an obsession
母爱是世界上最普通又最伟大的情感，它会使平凡变得崇高。她致力於一伟大事业，但其崇高的奋斗精神已变质成为偏执的狂热