hackneyed
英 ['hæknɪd]
美['hæknɪd]
- adj. 陈腐的；平庸的
- v. 出租（马匹、马车等）；役使（hackney的过去式）
英英释意
- 1. repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse;
- "bromidic sermons"
- "his remarks were trite and commonplace"
- "hackneyed phrases"
- "a stock answer"
- "repeating threadbare jokes"
- "parroting some timeworn axiom"
- "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"
双语例句
- 1. This article is rather hackneyed.
- 这篇文章写得太呆板.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 2. Power corrupts and absolute power absolutely corrupts. That's the old hackneyed phrase, but it's true.
- 权力导致腐败，绝对权力导致绝对腐败。这虽是老生常谈，但却是真理。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The hackneyed phrase came unintended to his lips.
- 他顺口说了这句老掉牙的套话。
来自辞典例句
- 4. Properly used, and not hackneyed, the words are good and appropriate.
- 如果用得得当, 而不是滥用的话, 这几个字倒是恰当的好字眼.
来自辞典例句
- 5. If the theme were hackneyed, I should be obliged to deal gently with the reader.
- 假如这是个老生常谈的题目, 我只消向读者轻描淡写一番就行了.
来自辞典例句