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

• It can be very hard to tell someone you love them without sounding trite.
  很难对一个人说你爱他而话语听上去又不觉得俗气。
• It is a trite simile to compare her teeth to pearls.
  把她的牙齿比做珍珠是陈腐的比喻。
• 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。
• 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。
• Whatever you do, don't worry about it looking trite: if it looks cool and is factually correct, use it.
  无论你做什么，不要担心它看上去陈旧：如果它看上去很酷而且事实正确，那就使用它。
• The result is the development of Chinese painting to a extreme, or self-proclaimed conservative, stick to trite;
  其结果是将大陆画的发展推向一个极端，要么保守自封，坚守陈腐；
• 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。
• Repeated too often; trite or hackneyed.
  陈腐的重复太多的；陈词或滥调的。
• A trite or obvious remark. ideas that are presentable in simple language
  陈腐的或显而易见的言词。能以简朴语言陈述的思想
• Your alibi is pretty trite.
  你的托辞实在不怎么新鲜。