banality

英 [bəˈnæləti]

美 [bəˈnæləti]

n.  平庸; 平淡乏味; 陈腐的事物; 陈词滥调

复数：banalities　

BNC.20540 / COCA.20303

牛津词典

noun

• 平庸；平淡乏味；陈腐的事物；陈词滥调
  the quality of being banal ; things, remarks, etc. that are banal
  1. the banality of modern city life
     现代城市生活的单调乏味
  2. They exchanged banalities for a couple of minutes.
     他们彼此客套了几分钟。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 平庸的；平淡无奇的
  If you describe something asbanal, you do not like it because you think that it is so ordinary that it is not at all effective or interesting.
  1. The text is banal...
     课文索然无味。
  2. Bland, banal music tinkled discreetly from hidden loudspeakers.
     隐藏的喇叭里幽幽地传出平淡乏味的音乐。
  3. You can refer to banal things asthe banal.
     平庸的事物；平淡无奇的东西
  4. The allegations ranged from the banal to the bizarre.
     从平淡无奇到离奇百怪的各种说法都有。

英英释义

noun

• a trite or obvious remark
  Synonym:platitudeclichecommonplacebromide

双语例句

• There is something familiar in the banality of the riddle too, and in the weirdness of its poser.
  也有一些是熟悉的平庸的谜太多，以及在其波塞尔的怪事。
• He couldn't believe the banality of the question.
  他无法相信那问题竟如此陈腐。
• The danger of banality is an insidious one.
  平庸的危险是隐性的。
• Lu the banality of life during wartime: a soldier wakes up in the morning to see compatriots shooting prisoners, then rejoices in the afternoon when he drinks a bowl of red bean soup.
  这些文字告诉陆川战争时的生活琐事：一个士兵早上醒来看见他的同胞射杀战俘，而在下午为喝了一碗红豆汤而欣喜不已。
• The connection between the banality of evil and the evil of banality is the danger of a surrender of our human powers of discrimination.
  平庸之恶与恶之平庸之间的联系正是人类放弃判断能力的危险。
• But the banality of your own life is very real to you.
  但是平凡的生活对你言却是很真实。
• One of the central locations in White Noise, the supermarket represents both the banality and the resonance of capitalist consumerism.
  一个中心地点在白噪声，超市代表的平庸和共振资本主义消费。
• If finding banality was surprising for Arendt, it is now what we expect and what everywhere surrounds us.
  如果发现平庸让阿伦特感到错愕，这倒是如今的我们所期待的，或者说它正无处不在地包围着我们。
• Then, the paper discusses the transformation of Arendt 'sthoughts on evil, which changes from "the radical evil" to "the banality of evil" aswell as the relationship between them.
  接着，论文讨论了阿伦特关于恶的思想变化的转折，即从根本的恶到平庸的恶的转变及两者关系。
• The banality of this is quite arresting.
  这种陈词滥调很引人注目。