platitude
英['pl?t?tju?d]
美['pl?t?tud]
- n. 陳詞濫調；平凡；陳腐
詞態變化
復數:?platitudes;形容詞:?platitudinous;
助記提示
1. flat => platitude 就是那些平凡、平庸的話。
中文詞源
platitude 陳詞濫調，老生常談
來自古法語plat,平的，詞源同plate.比喻用法。
英文詞源
- 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).
雙語例句
- 1. The talk is no more than a platitude.
- 這番話無非是老生常談.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 2. It's no more than a platitude.
- 無非是老生常談.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 3. His speech is full of platitude.
- 他的講話充滿了陳詞濫調。
來自辭典例句
- 4. I am the champion of the platitude.
- 我是這種老生常談的冠軍.
來自辭典例句
- 5. 'someone must have told you that. You'd never think of such a platitude all by yourself.
- " 也許有人對你說過這話了, 你自己決不會想出這種陳腔濫調來的.
來自飄（部分）