banal
英 [bəˈnɑːl]
美 [bəˈnɑːl]
adj. 平庸的; 平淡乏味的; 无关紧要的
Collins.1 / BNC.15021 / COCA.16209
牛津词典
adj.
- 平庸的;平淡乏味的;无关紧要的
very ordinary and containing nothing that is interesting or important
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 平庸的;平淡无奇的
If you describe something asbanal, you do not like it because you think that it is so ordinary that it is not at all effective or interesting.- The text is banal...
课文索然无味。 - Bland, banal music tinkled discreetly from hidden loudspeakers.
隐藏的喇叭里幽幽地传出平淡乏味的音乐。 - You can refer to banal things asthe banal.
平庸的事物;平淡无奇的东西 - The allegations ranged from the banal to the bizarre.
从平淡无奇到离奇百怪的各种说法都有。
- The text is banal...
英英释义
adj
- repeated too often
- bromidic sermons
- his remarks were trite and commonplace
- hackneyed phrases
- a stock answer
- repeating threadbare jokes
- parroting some timeworn axiom
- the trite metaphor `hard as nails'
双语例句
- He made banal comments about the weather.
他关于天气的评论纯系陈词滥调。 - I couldn't think of anything to say that wouldn't sound banal.
我想不出任何听上去不是陈词滥调的话可说。 - The latest effort is also banal and embarrassing but this time I am reproducing it below.
最近这次努力也同样平淡无奇且让人难为情,但这一次,我把它复制在下面。 - You could say safety is not banal, but then it is not really a value at all.
你可能会说,安全并不是乏善可陈的,但安全也根本不算是一种价值观。 - The campus is very flat and the existing classroom building is an out of scale and banal volume.
小学校园的场地是非常平坦乏味的,教室楼更是一个尺度失常,毫无新意的体量。 - This constant sunshine is so banal.
不断的阳光显得如此乏味。 - Most financial-planning advice, like most New Year's resolutions, is too complex or too banal.
大多数财务规划建议就像大多数新年许愿一样,不是太复杂就是太平庸。 - This is banal. But what is obvious is almost always hardest.
这很老套,但显而易见的东西几乎总是最难做到的。 - Put like this it sounds banal, though actually it's heresy.
听起来这好像是老一套,但实际上,这是一种异端学说。 - When you explain poetry, it becomes banal.
当你解释诗歌的时候,它就变得很平庸。