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。
• I know it's trite to say it, but it's so easy to get off the path to a good plan if you don't have the goals clearly defined up front.
  我知道这样说有点老套，但如果您还没有清晰地定义前方的目标，那么可以非常轻松地开辟出通往一项良好计划的道路。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 movie is teeming with obvious and trite ideas
  这部电影充斥着平铺直叙的陈腐观点。
• The heading is trite.
  标题陈旧。
• Well, Americans do often use this trite greeting, and they generally expect nothing but the standard answer.
  其实美国人的确常用这老套的问候方式，而他们所期待的，也只是一般的标准回答。
• 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。