platitudes
英 [ˈplætɪtjuːdz]
美 [ˈplætɪˌtudz]
n. 陈词滥调; 老生常谈
platitude的复数
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 陈词滥调；套话
Aplatitudeis a statement which is considered meaningless and boring because it has been made many times before in similar situations.- Why couldn't he say something original instead of spouting the same old platitudes?
他为什么就不能讲些有新意的话，而不是喋喋不休地说些老生常谈呢？ - ...a stream of platitudes, outlining many problems but offering few solutions.
概述了很多问题、但几乎没有提出解决办法的一串陈词滥调
- Why couldn't he say something original instead of spouting the same old platitudes?
双语例句
- Given his liking for platitudes, he might well have added that, IRA job was worth doing, it was worth doing well.
考虑到他爱用套话，他当时很可能会加上一句：凡值得做的事都值得做好。 - There are various things that can be said about this sorry exercise in windy platitudes.
对于这种拙劣的陈词滥调，有几点可以说一下。 - Yet I have found that serious entrepreneurs usually go way beyond these platitudes in their actions and thinking, and often wont volunteer their real views, for fear of alienating regular people, and being branded a fanatic.
然而我发现，那些真心想有所建树的创业者经常与这些老生常谈相去甚远，并且出于对被普通人疏远和被贴上狂热分子标签的恐惧，他们往往不会践行他们真正的想法。 - Those are best done by encouraging a constructive dialogue rather than resorting to platitudes or scoring points.
最好的方法是鼓励建设性的对话，而不要老生常谈。 - We shall have to listen to more platitudes about the dangers of overspending.
我们又得再听一通超支危害的陈词滥调了。 - Culture change does not come from platitudes and slogans, but from creating new success stories that become the norm.
文化的改变不是来自于陈词滥调和口号，而是来自于创建新的成功的故事并变成标准。 - All too often, these promises yield little but generic advice and platitudes.
然而，事实上这些书给出的建议往往只是泛泛之词，或者陈腔滥调。 - Mr Ban is said to be bland, given to platitudes, lacking charisma.
据说潘基文态度温和，用陈词滥调来说，即缺乏领袖魅力。 - This time round, as Japanese authorities struggle to bring the crippled Fukushima plant north-east of Tokyo back under control, the French public is not buying any such platitudes.
这一次，在日本政府尽力控制东京东北部遭受地震破坏的福岛（fukushima）核电站的局势的时候，法国公众并未对任何此类陈词滥调买账。 - Platitudes about death and absence are easy, however close to hand and present death always is.
对于死亡和离开的陈词滥调是简单的，尽管，到手的展示死亡永远都是如此这般。