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

• I will forever more feel a touch guilty while sitting in that well-worn corner of my couch to play a video game.
  说了这么多，窝在沙发上破旧一角，玩着电视游戏的我，可能永远不愿再去触碰那些游戏按键了。
• The whole interior seems to be made up of dark, well-worn wood.
  餐馆内部整个装饰似乎都由黑色、老化严重的木材组成。
• But this flavor can often be soured by that well-worn poisoner of relationships everywhere: Money.
  不过，在一个东西面前，这种味道就变质了，虽然这个东西平凡得不能再平凡，却是所有感情的毒药，那就是：钱。
• One well-worn assertion is that cybercrime revenues exceed those from the global trade in illegal drugs.
  有句陈词滥调说网络犯罪的收益甚至超过了全球的非法毒品走私。
• That well-worn homeowner tradition may soon come to an end.
  在千家万户中不时发生的这一幕，可能很快就会终结。
• Martin Deboo, an analyst at Investec Securities, a stockbroker, uses the well-worn but apt analogy of the "perfect storm" to describe the industry's predicament.
  马丁得布，股票经纪公司InvestecSecurities（投资证券公司）的分析员，用“完美风暴”这种老套的但是容易的类比来描述食品产业的困境。
• 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。
• These well-worn theories are among seven medical myths exposed in a paper published in the British Medical Journal.
  这些老生常谈在《英国医学杂志》的一篇论文中被列入七项医学误区。
• The technology is well-known and well-worn, but it comes with a major downside: liquid crystals provide no light of their own.
  这一技术很知名，也很成熟，但它也有一个比较大的缺点：液晶自己是不发光的，液晶背后的发光板会显著影响电池寿命。
• It is frightening to veer off the well-worn path, better known as our "comfort zone".
  抛弃旧路是可怕的，因为那是我们的舒适区。