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

• 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。
• The heading is trite.
  标题陈旧。
• I'm constantly amazed by the difficulty of following this principle, which seems the most obvious, the most trite, the most stale.
  遵守这一原则具有的困难性会让我时不时地感到惊讶。这条原则却似乎看上再明显、平淡、陈旧不过了。
• 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。
• 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。
• Not all viral content is trite and shallow.
  不是所有病毒式内容都陈腐而肤浅。
• Your alibi is pretty trite.
  你的托辞实在不怎么新鲜。
• 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。
• 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。
• Repeated too often; trite or hackneyed.
  陈腐的重复太多的；陈词或滥调的。