platitude
英 [ˈplætɪtjuːd]
美 [ˈplætɪtuːd]
n. 陈词滥调; 老生常谈
复数：platitudes
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.- 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？ - ...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
- Why couldn't he say something original instead of spouting the same old platitudes?
英英释义
noun
- a trite or obvious remark
双语例句
- It reduced the romance to platitude, and the third person in the drama to the appearance of a stick.
这就使浪漫色彩大为减少，而使这幕戏剧中的第三者成为一个呆头呆脑的角色。 - This is not a platitude nor theorem, it is a truism.
这不是陈词滥调，而是事实。 - Tony Blair and Bill Clinton proclaimed a third way, but this degenerated into platitude and vacuity.
托尼·布莱尔（TonyBlair）和比尔·克林顿（billclinton）曾宣称第三条道路，但这一说辞已蜕变成陈词滥调和空谈。 - 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； - 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。 - Reviewing Platitude& Correctness of Structure and its Significance in Contemporary Architectural Critique
重温陈词滥调&谈结构正确性及其在当代建筑评论中的意义 - 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？ - The problem appears to be a platitude in fact, but not many artists can answer it. Therefore, there appear the difference of the current artists and the diversity of the meaning.
问题看似老生常谈，实际上并不是许多人能做到的，因为此，就分别出了当下的艺术家的差异和意义。 - The talk is no more than a platitude.
这番话无非是老生常谈。 - How to improve college English teaching is a platitude but the significance of doing so can't be neglected.
如何提高高校外语教学质量可谓老生常谈。然而意义却不容忽视。