well-worn

英 [ˌwel ˈwɔːn]

美 [ˌwel ˈwɔːrn]

adj.  用旧了的；老生常谈的；平凡的

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （话语、主意等）使用过多的,陈腐的,无新意的
  Awell-wornexpression, remark, or idea has been used so often that it no longer seems to have much meaning or to be interesting.
  1. To use a well-worn cliche, it is packed with information.
     说得老套一点，其内容翔实。
  2. ...well-worn party dogma and ideology.
     迂腐不堪的政党教条和意识形态
• ADJ-GRADED （物品）使用很久的;（衣物）穿旧了的
  Awell-wornobject or piece of clothing has been worn or used so frequently that it looks rather old and untidy.
  1. ...well-worn brown shoes.
     穿旧了的棕色鞋子

英英释义

adj

• 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)threadbaretimeworntiredtrite
• showing signs of much wear or use

双语例句

• But this flavor can often be soured by that well-worn poisoner of relationships everywhere: Money.
  不过，在一个东西面前，这种味道就变质了，虽然这个东西平凡得不能再平凡，却是所有感情的毒药，那就是：钱。
• And when the well-worn garments were put to the smell test, researchers came up with a sweet-smelling discovery-the jeans didn't actually smell that bad.
  当把这些穿久了的牛仔裤拿来做味觉试验时，研究人员有了一项惊奇的发现这些牛仔裤的味道并没有那么差。
• That well-worn homeowner tradition may soon come to an end.
  在千家万户中不时发生的这一幕，可能很快就会终结。
• I will forever more feel a touch guilty while sitting in that well-worn corner of my couch to play a video game.
  说了这么多，窝在沙发上破旧一角，玩着电视游戏的我，可能永远不愿再去触碰那些游戏按键了。
• In this, the Tennessee Senator follows a well-worn rhetorical path.
  这位田纳西参议员选择了一条俗套的路线。
• In academia, there is a well-worn distinction between activities that have to be coordinated by an organization and activities that can take place in an open market.
  学术界都知道，必须由企业协调的行为和可以在公开市场发生的行为，是存在区别的。
• It is frightening to veer off the well-worn path, better known as our "comfort zone".
  抛弃旧路是可怕的，因为那是我们的舒适区。
• True to this relaxed ethos, today he wears frayed, well-worn jeans, brown shoes ( that to my eyes look like clogs), a white-and-green-striped shirt, and grey stubble.
  今天，他穿着一条磨破的旧牛仔裤，脚踏一双（在我看来像是木屐的）棕色鞋，上身是一件绿白条纹的衬衫，留着一头灰色的短发，一派轻松气质。
• One well-worn assertion is that cybercrime revenues exceed those from the global trade in illegal drugs.
  有句陈词滥调说网络犯罪的收益甚至超过了全球的非法毒品走私。
• He began to search in the right-hand pocket of his well-worn and baggy linen suit.
  他开始在那件磨得很旧的，肥大的衣服上的右边口袋里东摸西摸。