platitudes
英 [ˈplætɪtjuːdz]
美 [ˈplætɪˌtudz]
n. 陈词滥调; 老生常谈
platitude的复数
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?
双语例句
- He delivered a long prose full of platitudes.
他发表了一篇充满陈词滥调的文章。 - Given his liking for platitudes, he might well have added that, IRA job was worth doing, it was worth doing well.
考虑到他爱用套话，他当时很可能会加上一句：凡值得做的事都值得做好。 - He sat there mouthing platitudes about decency and family values.
他坐在那儿，唠叨着有关礼仪和家庭伦理的陈词滥调。 - For Lois there will be no platitudes about working for charity-instead she can talk about the MSc in Financial Economics she is studying at the university's Sa? d Business School.
她不会在比赛上说些有关慈善爱心的陈词滥调，作为牛津大学的金融学硕士，她谈论的话题则可能是有关全球的经济动态。 - Platitudes can not solve practical problems.
用这些滥套子是解决不了实际问题的。 - Many job descriptions are filled with platitudes and clich é s, instead of focusing on the specific tasks and qualifications that a firm is looking for.
许多职位描述里充满了陈词滥调，并没有突出特定的工作职责，以及企业希望获得的任职资格。 - 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。 - Meanwhile, at Deloitte the new chief is oozing platitudes as to the state of the company.
而德勤新任首席执行官透露出的，则是关于公司状况的陈词滥调。 - Mr Ban is said to be bland, given to platitudes, lacking charisma.
据说潘基文态度温和，用陈词滥调来说，即缺乏领袖魅力。 - He was seen on TV delivering platitudes about the crisis in a monotone voice.
人们看到他在电视上念经似地就危机问题老调重弹。