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

• Yes it might be trite, but it is true.
  好吧，这或许很老套，但这是事实。
• 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。
• The sentiments about love and peace in the lyrics of his songs are too trite for me to take them seriously.
  他的抒情歌里所表达的爱与和平的情感对我来说太陈腐了，不能当真。
• A.As many people have guessed, the word "boyfriend" seems sort of trite and schoolyard-ish in the light of how Bella feels about Edward.
  答：正如很多朋友认为，比照贝拉内心对爱德华的真正感觉，“男朋友”这个词似乎有点老土和过于学生气了。
• I suppose it's a trite observation that very often psychologists study the sort of phenomena that they personally find intriguing or interesting.
  这么说或许是老生常谈：心理学家往往会研究那些令他们本人感到好奇或者有趣的现象。
• For example, instead of opening your letter with some such trite, worn-out statement as," I saw your advertisement in today's paper," plan your first sentence to arouse interest at once.
  例如，信开头不写“我在今天的报纸上看到你们的广告”等陈词俗套开头，设计一下开头的句子，立即引起注意。
• My speech seemed lively and interesting as I was writing it, but it came out trite, dull and ridiculous.
  当我在写演讲稿时它似乎显得生动有趣，但是到头来却变得平淡、无趣和可笑。
• 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。
• 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。
• Not all viral content is trite and shallow.
  不是所有病毒式内容都陈腐而肤浅。