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

• This is not a platitude nor theorem, it is a truism.
  这不是陈词滥调，而是事实。
• That's no platitude; the boundary between the two is surprisingly clear.
  这并非陈词滥调；这两者之间的界限极其清晰。
• The talk is no more than a platitude.
  这番话无非是老生常谈。
• It's no more than a platitude.
  无非是老生常谈。
• It used to be a platitude of Western and Marxist analysis of China that wrenching economic change would demand political reform.
  套用一句西方经济学家还有马克思主义者的陈词滥调来分析中国：剧烈的经济转变必将需求政治上的改革。
• 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。
• 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。
• The changs of teaching environment and major are in conflict with the platitude pattern of university teaching.
  本文首先从教学环境、教学主体的变化与大学陈旧的教学模式的矛盾中，得出了结论：大学数学教学必须走教学改革的道路；
• I am the champion of the platitude.
  我是这种老生常谈的冠军。
• But this is just a reassuring platitude.
  但这不过是用来安慰人的陈词滥调。