platitude

英 [ˈplætɪtjuːd]

美 [ˈplætɪtuːd]

n. 陈词滥调; 老生常谈

复数：platitudes　

TOEFL IELTS GRE

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

The topic of translation criteria may be thought of as platitude, but such assumption is rather misleading.
翻译标准这个话题似乎已是老生常谈，其实不然。
But this is just a reassuring platitude.
但这不过是用来安慰人的陈词滥调。
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
The talk is no more than a platitude.
这番话无非是老生常谈。
With spontaneous irreverence, satire rearranges perspectives, scrambles familiar objects into incongruous juxtaposition, and speaks in a personal idiom instead of abstract platitude.
讽刺作品用自然的嘲讽态度重新设置了观点，将熟悉的事物自相矛盾地置在一起。
It's no more than a platitude.
无非是老生常谈。
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
When Aristotle says that man is a political animal by nature, he is doing more than simply asserting just a truism or just some platitude.
当亚里士多德说，人类天生是政治动物，他的主张，不只是老生常谈，或是陈腔滥调。
With reference to ordinary company governance, it has been a platitude for a long time; but the particularity of financial holding group, can never compared with that of ordinary company.
关于一般公司的治理，已是老生常谈的问题，但金融控股集团的公司治理特殊性，却远非一般公司所能对比。
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？