hackneyed

英['hæknid] 美['hæknid]
  • adj. （指词语﹑ 言辞等）陈腐的；老生常谈的
  • 动词hackney的过去式和过去分词形式.
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详细释义

    adj. (形容词)
    1. 陈腐的，老一套的
    2. 平庸的
    3. 常住的
    4. 老练的
    5. 平常的，平凡的，不新奇的，常见的
    6. 使用过于频繁的
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    1. 动词hackney的过去式和过去分词形式

英英释义

Adjective:
  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

    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. Yes, it's a hackneyed phrase, but politics is the art of the possible.
      没错，这是一条陈腐的词语，但政治的确是一种可能事件的艺术。
    2. The hackneyed phrase came unintended to his lips.
      他顺口说了这句老掉牙的套话。
    3. "Last but not least" is regarded as a hackneyed expression.
      “最后的但并非最不重要的一点“这个词组被认为是陈词烂调了。

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