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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - This is not a platitude nor theorem, it is a truism.
这不是陈词滥调，而是事实。 - It's no more than a platitude.
无非是老生常谈。 - Since the Opium War in the mid-nineteenth century which was in the era of big upheavals, the commonplace platitude pedestrian banal Qing Dynasty had been caught in the unprecedented crisis.
腐朽的清王朝，在十九世纪中期鸦片战争以来的时代大变局中，遭遇到了数千年来前所未见的危机。 - End your speech with an attitude, not a platitude.
用一种有力的态度结束你的演讲，而不是用那些陈词滥调。 - I am the champion of the platitude.
我是这种老生常谈的冠军。 - 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 - But this is just a reassuring platitude.
但这不过是用来安慰人的陈词滥调。