英 [ˈplætɪtjuːd] 美 [ˈplætɪtuːd]
n. 陈词滥调；平凡；陈腐
复数platitudes
platitude /ˈplætɪˌtjuːd/
可数名词 A platitude is a statement that is considered meaningless and boring because it has been made many times before in similar situations. 陈词滥调
Why couldn't he say something vital and original instead of just spouting the same old platitudes?
他为什么不能说点重要的、有新意的东西，而不只是喋喋不休地讲些陈词滥调呢？
a trite or obvious remark
同义词： cliche / banality / commonplace / bromide
陈词滥调；平凡；陈腐-引用次数：9
参考来源《常谈考误》中的民俗语汇研究
...结局本来是确定不了的，却偏要冥思苦想地找到通向它的最巧妙的小径（这条还未存在的路，还没人走过呢）。 陈词滥调（platitude） 这是通俗文学的基本要素和专有荣耀。这是在烟雾弥漫的大堆字词中鼾声起伏的思想。
... candor 公正，率直，光明，白色 platitude 陈腐，滥调 nuance 细微差别，神韵 ...
... careless 粗心大意；马马虎虎 platitude 老生常谈；陈词滥调 senile 老态龙钟(×人老珠黄) ...
... inevitable adj. 必然的，不可避免的 platitude n. 陈词滥调；平凡；陈腐 rite n. 仪式；惯例，习俗；典礼 ...
platitudinous 平凡的，陈腐的；陈词滥调的
platitudinize 说平凡的话；用陈词滥调
platitudinize 说平凡的话；说陈腔滥调
陈词滥调；平凡；陈腐
It's no more than a platitude.
无非是老生常谈。
The talk is no more than a platitude.
这番话无非是老生常谈。
But this is just a reassuring platitude.
但这不过是用来安慰人的陈词滥调。
When Aristotle says that man is a political animal by nature, he is doing more than simply asserting just a truism or just some platitude.
当亚里士多德说,人类天生是政治动物，他的主张,不只是老生常谈,或是陈腔滥调。
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But having given us error, platitude and childish understanding, what doe the Commissioner then propose?
It used to be a platitude of Western and Marxist analysis of China that wrenching economic change would demand political reform.
The old platitude is true, it is not just about WHAT you know.
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