platitude
英 ['plætɪtjuːd]
美['plætɪtud]
- n. 陈词滥调；平凡；陈腐
词态变化
复数: platitudes;形容词: platitudinous;
助记提示
1. flat => platitude 就是那些平凡、平庸的话。
中文词源
platitude 陈词滥调，老生常谈
来自古法语plat,平的，词源同plate.比喻用法。
英文词源
- platitude (n.)
- 1812, "dullness," from French platitude "flatness, vapidness" (late 17c.), from Old French plat "flat" (see plateau (n.)); formed on analogy of latitude, etc. Meaning "a flat, dull, or commonplace remark" is recorded from 1815. Related: Platitudinous. Hence platitudinarian (n.), 1855; platitudinize (1867).
双语例句
- 1. The talk is no more than a platitude.
- 这番话无非是老生常谈.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 2. It's no more than a platitude.
- 无非是老生常谈.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 3. His speech is full of platitude.
- 他的讲话充满了陈词滥调。
来自辞典例句
- 4. I am the champion of the platitude.
- 我是这种老生常谈的冠军.
来自辞典例句
- 5. 'someone must have told you that. You'd never think of such a platitude all by yourself.
- " 也许有人对你说过这话了, 你自己决不会想出这种陈腔滥调来的.
来自飘（部分）