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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Drearily commonplace and often predictable; trite. Keiner made verses too, but very indifferently.
  平庸的，陈腐的令人沮丧的且常为可预见的平庸陈腐；平庸陈腐的凯默也做诗，但很平庸。
• 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。
• 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。
• Yes it might be trite, but it is true.
  好吧，这或许很老套，但这是事实。