well-worn

英 [ˌwel ˈwɔːn]

美 [ˌwel ˈwɔːrn]

adj.  用旧了的；老生常谈的；平凡的

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （话语、主意等）使用过多的,陈腐的,无新意的
  Awell-wornexpression, remark, or idea has been used so often that it no longer seems to have much meaning or to be interesting.
  1. To use a well-worn cliche, it is packed with information.
     说得老套一点，其内容翔实。
  2. ...well-worn party dogma and ideology.
     迂腐不堪的政党教条和意识形态
• ADJ-GRADED （物品）使用很久的;（衣物）穿旧了的
  Awell-wornobject or piece of clothing has been worn or used so frequently that it looks rather old and untidy.
  1. ...well-worn brown shoes.
     穿旧了的棕色鞋子

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)threadbaretimeworntiredtrite
• showing signs of much wear or use

双语例句

• China Little T ( r) ips is a series of guides for those who want to get off the well-worn tourist path in China, but don't have the inside knowledge or the language skills to do so.
  中国小贴士（ChinaLittleT（r）ips）是一套系列导游书，适合那些既想避开游客泛滥的景点，但又对中国的内情和语言了解不多的游客。
• In other words, they stuff experiences into well-worn patterns.
  换言之，大脑会把经验转化为固定模式。
• In this, the Tennessee Senator follows a well-worn rhetorical path.
  这位田纳西参议员选择了一条俗套的路线。
• As we researched ecosystems ( gatherings of business participants engaged in some form of collaboration), we found that the well-worn term perfectly characterized the nuances of MSDOS and other webs.
  我们再来研究一下生态系统，也就是即商业参与者通过某种形式的合作组成的集群，我们发现这个了无新意的词汇完美地凸显了MSDOS和其他网络的微妙之处。
• Released from prison, S á nchez followed the well-worn route of Cuban exiles to America in 2008.
  出狱后，他走了一条古巴流放人员走的老路&于2008年逃往美国。
• Here and there sat well-worn stumps and logs and the remnants of a campfire.
  到处都是用旧了的树桩和圆木，还有篝火的灰烬。
• Where other governments try to keep global public opinion on their side by arguing their case publicly and through background briefings and targeted leaks to the media, Beijing rarely offers more than a set of well-worn generalities.
  在其他国家政府通过公开辩护、背景吹风会和针对性地向媒体透露消息，努力让全球舆论站在自己这边的问题上，北京方面除了千篇一律的套话以外很少有其他举措。
• For many years thereafter, the two families watched the faithful friends frolicking and chasing each other down that well-worn path between their houses.
  此后多年中，两家邻居不时会看到这对忠实的朋友嬉戏玩耍，在两家房子之间的小路上你追我赶。
• True to this relaxed ethos, today he wears frayed, well-worn jeans, brown shoes ( that to my eyes look like clogs), a white-and-green-striped shirt, and grey stubble.
  今天，他穿着一条磨破的旧牛仔裤，脚踏一双（在我看来像是木屐的）棕色鞋，上身是一件绿白条纹的衬衫，留着一头灰色的短发，一派轻松气质。
• To use a well-worn cliche, it is packed with information.
  说得老套一点，其内容翔实。