platitudes

英 [ˈplætɪtjuːdz]

美 [ˈplætɪˌtudz]

n.  陈词滥调; 老生常谈
platitude的复数

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

双语例句

• Stated as an English sentence, of course, this is just a banal platitude& but the fact is that, in the day-to-day trenches of adult existence, banal platitudes can have life-or-death importance.
  当然用一句英语句子来阐述，只是些陈词滥调&但是事实上，在成年人存在的日常鸿沟中，陈词滥调可能很重要，它可以决定你的生死。
• He delivered a long prose full of platitudes.
  他发表了一篇充满陈词滥调的文章。
• There are various things that can be said about this sorry exercise in windy platitudes.
  对于这种拙劣的陈词滥调，有几点可以说一下。
• 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？
• That inadequate 67-page document was big on platitudes but small on substance in addressing the ethical conundrums employees face.
  这份区区67页的文件充满了陈词滥调，但却在解决员工面临的道德难题上缺乏实质性内容。
• The real estate is the national economy pillar industry, this is platitudes words, but actually does this pillar industry have the great proportion, since continuously not very accurate digit.
  房地产是国民经济的支柱产业，这是一句老生常谈的话，但这个支柱产业究竟有多大比重，一直以来并没有十分准确的数字。
• He sat there mouthing platitudes about decency and family values.
  他坐在那儿，唠叨着有关礼仪和家庭伦理的陈词滥调。
• His dinner parties were icy affairs where nothing but platitudes were served and everyone, as Stilwell remarked, sat stiffly waiting to be addressed from the throne.
  他举行的宴会冷冰冰的，尽是些陈词滥调，正像史迪威所描述的那样人人正襟危坐、恭聆这位皇上的纶音。
• Given his liking for platitudes, he might well have added that, IRA job was worth doing, it was worth doing well.
  考虑到他爱用套话，他当时很可能会加上一句：凡值得做的事都值得做好。
• He was seen on TV delivering platitudes about the crisis in a monotone voice.
  人们看到他在电视上念经似地就危机问题老调重弹。