platitude

英 [ˈplætɪtjuːd]

美 [ˈplætɪtuːd]

n.  陈词滥调; 老生常谈

复数：platitudes　

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BNC.19933 / COCA.20203

牛津词典

noun

• 陈词滥调；老生常谈
  a comment or statement that has been made very often before and is therefore not interesting

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.
  1. 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？
  2. ...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

英英释义

noun

• a trite or obvious remark
  Synonym:clichebanalitycommonplacebromide

双语例句

• It's no more than a platitude.
  无非是老生常谈。
• With spontaneous irreverence, satire rearranges perspectives, scrambles familiar objects into incongruous juxtaposition, and speaks in a personal idiom instead of abstract platitude.
  讽刺作品用自然的嘲讽态度重新设置了观点，将熟悉的事物自相矛盾地置在一起。
• The talk is no more than a platitude.
  这番话无非是老生常谈。
• End your speech with an attitude, not a platitude.
  用一种有力的态度结束你的演讲，而不是用那些陈词滥调。
• I am the champion of the platitude.
  我是这种老生常谈的冠军。
• I became a walking platitude, telling friends without a trace of irony to live every day as though it were their last.
  我成了行走着的话唠（活生生的唐僧？），我不带丝毫讽刺意味地告诉朋友们，要像它是人生最后一天一样过好每一天。
• This is not a platitude nor theorem, it is a truism.
  这不是陈词滥调，而是事实。
• But this is just a reassuring platitude.
  但这不过是用来安慰人的陈词滥调。
• This is really a platitude and different people have different views question.
  这实在是「老生常谈」而且「见仁见智」的问题。
• The topic of translation criteria may be thought of as platitude, but such assumption is rather misleading.
  翻译标准这个话题似乎已是老生常谈，其实不然。