hackneyed

英 [ˈhæknid]

美 [ˈhæknid]

adj.  陈腐的

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BNC.32700 / COCA.26346

牛津词典

adj.

• 陈腐的
  used too often and therefore boring
  1. a hackneyed phrase/subject
     陈词滥调；老生常谈的话题

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （语句、画面等）陈腐的，陈词滥调的
  If you describe something such as a saying or an image ashackneyed, you think it is no longer likely to interest, amuse or affect people because it has been used, seen, or heard many times before.
  1. 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。
  2. ...hackneyed postcard snaps of lochs and glens.
     老掉牙的苏格兰湖泊峡谷风景照片

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:banalcommonplaceold-hatshopwornstock(a)threadbaretimeworntiredtritewell-worn

双语例句

• I hate those hackneyed information, more hate those on the spur of the moment to play "thanksgiving".
  我讨厌那些陈词烂调的信息，更讨厌那些一时兴起玩“感恩”的人。
• I have seen a gipsy vagabond; she has practised in hackneyed fashion the science of palmistry and told me what such people usually tell.
  我见过一个吉卜赛流浪者，她用陈腐的方法操弄着手相术，告诉我她们那些人往往会怎样给人算命。
• One of the most important factor result in the slower developing speed of the rural economics of China is the hackneyed jam-up of agricultural products circulation.
  我国农村地区经济发展较为缓慢的一个重要原因是农产品流通不畅。
• It has the same level of wit and originality we got with the first Shrek movie, and none of the hackneyed or blas é baggage we got from any of the sequels.
  它与《怪物史莱克I》有着同等水平的风趣机智和独创性。此外我们也看不到所有影片续集的通病&陈腐老套以及沉闷冗余。
• In particular he criticizes political leaders for being sucked into using meaningless phrases and hackneyed mantras to disguise policies or protect themselves from accountability.
  他还特别批评了政府领导人们热衷于使用无意义词语和陈腐高调来伪饰政策或推脱责任的行为。
• And they yearn for meaningful tools to pass their values about living with great wealth to younger generations without a hackneyed, classroom-style approach.
  此外，他们还迫切希望获得有意义的工具，而不必通过老套的说教式方法，将他们如何处理巨额财富的价值观传递给后代。
• Music, verse, drama, etc that is banal, sentimental or hackneyed
  平庸、感伤或陈腐的音乐、诗歌、戏剧等
• The traditional, but somewhat hackneyed approach is to turn the weakenss into strength.
  最传统也最老套的方法是转弱为强。
• But when many people listen to philosophy, they often hear some hackneyed and stereotyped expressions and feel puzzled.
  但当我们去聆听哲学时，听到的总是一些陈词滥调或不知所云而毫无智慧的感觉。
• Hackneyed words and expressions should be avoided in writing.
  写文章务去陈言。