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

• I've always thought white clothes for Winter collections were trite and cliche, but these feel so pure and ethereal, in a modern-clothing way.
  我以前一直觉得白色的衣服对于冬季系列来说太陈腐，但上面这些却让人感觉很纯洁和空灵轻盈，走时尚成衣的路。
• 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。
• The result is the development of Chinese painting to a extreme, or self-proclaimed conservative, stick to trite;
  其结果是将大陆画的发展推向一个极端，要么保守自封，坚守陈腐；
• 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。
• 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。
• Not all viral content is trite and shallow.
  不是所有病毒式内容都陈腐而肤浅。
• Yes it might be trite, but it is true.
  好吧，这或许很老套，但这是事实。
• It was spiritual, but it wasn't trite.
  但是她爱他是精神上的，决不是俗套。
• 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。