n. 1.单调,平凡,陈腐。 2.平凡的话,滥调,俗论。 短语和例子 writings full of platitudes 满纸陈词滥调。
a trite or obvious remark 同义词:cliche, banality, commonplace, bromide,
A platitude is a trite, meaningless, biased, or prosaic statement, often presented as if it were significant and original. The word derives from plat, the French word for "flat.
例句与用法
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I am the champion of the platitude . 我是这种老生常谈的冠军。
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It 's no more than a platitude . 无非是老生常谈。
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The general was showing him that he wasn't superior to the platitude either . 将军的本意也正是要叫他明白,他也一样跳不出这些老调的圈圈。
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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。
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It was a platitude to maintain the fiction that he was conferring a great boon on me . 这是一种陈腐的老生常谈,旨在维护似乎他给了我极大恩惠的假象。
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A fellow comes out with some insignificant platitude when i am speaking with my whole heart . 一个人散布枯燥乏味的陈腔滥调时,而我正全心全力地演说。
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An unctuous clergyman who had not known sam intoned religious platitudes . 一个根本就不认识萨姆的假装虔诚的教士正拿腔拖调地唠叨着那套宗教的单调无味的滥调。
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He delivered a long prose full of platitudes 他发表了一篇充满陈词滥调的文章。
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A commonplace remark or notion ; a platitude 陈词滥调陈腐庸俗的话或想法;陈词滥调
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Principles without programs are platitudes 没有纲领的原则只是陈词滥调。