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

• It's no more than a platitude.
  无非是老生常谈。
• 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。
• Maternal love is the most common and yet the greatest affection one can experience in the world. It defines sublimity with platitude. Her commitment to a great cause degenerate from a crusade Into an obsession
  母爱是世界上最普通又最伟大的情感，它会使平凡变得崇高。她致力於一伟大事业，但其崇高的奋斗精神已变质成为偏执的狂热
• 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。
• Scale is a platitude problem of geomorphology.
  尺度是一个老生常谈的地学问题。
• This is not a platitude nor theorem, it is a truism.
  这不是陈词滥调，而是事实。
• The talk is no more than a platitude.
  这番话无非是老生常谈。
• 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
• 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。
• 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？