trite

adj.

1. 老生常谈的；陈腐的；老一套的
   dull and boring because it has been expressed so many times before; not original

1. ADJ-GRADED 陈腐的;老一套的
   If you say that something such as an idea, remark, or story is trite, you mean that it is dull and boring because it has been said or told too many times.
   1. The movie is teeming with obvious and trite ideas...
      这部电影充斥着平铺直叙的陈腐观点。
   2. The simple concepts he had been taught now sounded trite and naive.
      他曾经被教导的简单观念如今听起来陈腐而幼稚。

1. The movie is teeming with obvious and trite ideas
   这部电影充斥着平铺直叙的陈腐观点。
2. The simple concepts he had been taught now sounded trite and naive.
   他曾经被教导的简单观念如今听起来陈腐而幼稚。
3. The heading is trite.
   标题陈旧。
4. Yes it might be trite, but it is true.
   好吧，这或许很老套，但这是事实。
5. I know it's trite to say it, but it's so easy to get off the path to a good plan if you don't have the goals clearly defined up front.
   我知道这样说有点老套，但如果您还没有清晰地定义前方的目标，那么可以非常轻松地开辟出通往一项良好计划的道路。
6. Trite comments such as squeeze the toothpaste betray a real lack of thought.
   诸如挤牙膏之类的老生常谈确实是欠缺考虑的。
7. Not all viral content is trite and shallow.
   不是所有病毒式内容都陈腐而肤浅。
8. That was true no matter how trite it sounded.
   这种话听起来像是陈词滥调，不过，这是真话。
9. Your alibi is pretty trite.
   你的托辞实在不怎么新鲜。
10. The result is the development of Chinese painting to a extreme, or self-proclaimed conservative, stick to trite;
    其结果是将大陆画的发展推向一个极端，要么保守自封，坚守陈腐；
11. It was spiritual, but it wasn't trite.
    但是她爱他是精神上的，决不是俗套。
12. I've always thought white clothes for Winter collections were trite and cliche, but these feel so pure and ethereal, in a modern-clothing way.
    我以前一直觉得白色的衣服对于冬季系列来说太陈腐，但上面这些却让人感觉很纯洁和空灵轻盈，走时尚成衣的路。
13. I suppose it's a trite observation that very often psychologists study the sort of phenomena that they personally find intriguing or interesting.
    这么说或许是老生常谈：心理学家往往会研究那些令他们本人感到好奇或者有趣的现象。
14. For example, instead of opening your letter with some such trite, worn-out statement as," I saw your advertisement in today's paper," plan your first sentence to arouse interest at once.
    例如，信开头不写“我在今天的报纸上看到你们的广告”等陈词俗套开头，设计一下开头的句子，立即引起注意。
15. Repeated too often; trite or hackneyed.
    陈腐的重复太多的；陈词或滥调的。
16. It can be very hard to tell someone you love them without sounding trite.
    很难对一个人说你爱他而话语听上去又不觉得俗气。
17. His meticulous observations of family life can seem trite in comparison with the events soon to come.
    他所小心翼翼观测描绘的那些家庭生活，与即将来临的事件相比显得索然无味。
18. The sentiments about love and peace in the lyrics of his songs are too trite for me to take them seriously.
    他的抒情歌里所表达的爱与和平的情感对我来说太陈腐了，不能当真。
19. A.As many people have guessed, the word "boyfriend" seems sort of trite and schoolyard-ish in the light of how Bella feels about Edward.
    答：正如很多朋友认为，比照贝拉内心对爱德华的真正感觉，“男朋友”这个词似乎有点老土和过于学生气了。
20. The story is described as beautifully written but concerned with the trite theme of adolescent loneliness.
    人们认为这本小说写得很美，但内容却是有关青春寂怨的这个老一套的主题。
21. This observation would seem so trite as to need no further explanation.
    这一点似乎是老生常谈，无需赘述。
22. It sounds so trite, so Norman Vincent Peale, but my goodness this works.
    这听起来是如此陈腐，和诺曼。
23. Whatever you do, don't worry about it looking trite: if it looks cool and is factually correct, use it.
    无论你做什么，不要担心它看上去陈旧：如果它看上去很酷而且事实正确，那就使用它。
24. A trite or obvious remark. ideas that are presentable in simple language
    陈腐的或显而易见的言词。能以简朴语言陈述的思想
25. My speech seemed lively and interesting as I was writing it, but it came out trite, dull and ridiculous.
    当我在写演讲稿时它似乎显得生动有趣，但是到头来却变得平淡、无趣和可笑。
26. It is a trite simile to compare her teeth to pearls.
    把她的牙齿比做珍珠是陈腐的比喻。
27. I'm constantly amazed by the difficulty of following this principle, which seems the most obvious, the most trite, the most stale.
    遵守这一原则具有的困难性会让我时不时地感到惊讶。这条原则却似乎看上再明显、平淡、陈旧不过了。
28. Drearily commonplace and often predictable; trite. Keiner made verses too, but very indifferently.
    平庸的，陈腐的令人沮丧的且常为可预见的平庸陈腐；平庸陈腐的凯默也做诗，但很平庸。
29. Well, Americans do often use this trite greeting, and they generally expect nothing but the standard answer.
    其实美国人的确常用这老套的问候方式，而他们所期待的，也只是一般的标准回答。

adj

1. repeated too often
   1. bromidic sermons
   2. his remarks were trite and commonplace
   3. hackneyed phrases
   4. a stock answer
   5. repeating threadbare jokes
   6. parroting some timeworn axiom
   7. the trite metaphor `hard as nails'

   Synonym:    banalcommonplacehackneyedold-hatshopwornstock(a)threadbaretimeworntiredwell-worn