banal

英 [bəˈnɑːl]

美 [bəˈnɑːl]

adj.  平庸的; 平淡乏味的; 无关紧要的

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牛津词典

adj.

• 平庸的；平淡乏味的；无关紧要的
  very ordinary and containing nothing that is interesting or important

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 平庸的；平淡无奇的
  If you describe something asbanal, you do not like it because you think that it is so ordinary that it is not at all effective or interesting.
  1. The text is banal...
     课文索然无味。
  2. Bland, banal music tinkled discreetly from hidden loudspeakers.
     隐藏的喇叭里幽幽地传出平淡乏味的音乐。
  3. You can refer to banal things asthe banal.
     平庸的事物；平淡无奇的东西
  4. The allegations ranged from the banal to the bizarre.
     从平淡无奇到离奇百怪的各种说法都有。

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:commonplacehackneyedold-hatshopwornstock(a)threadbaretimeworntiredtritewell-worn

双语例句

• The lyrics are banal and the rhymes clumsy.
  歌词平淡老套，押韵生硬蹩脚。
• The script is utterly banal. It is incredible that human minds can put such muck on to paper.
  这个剧本是十足的平庸之作，难以想象有人会写出这样的垃圾。
• I couldn't think of anything to say that wouldn't sound banal.
  我想不出任何听上去不是陈词滥调的话可说。
• You could say safety is not banal, but then it is not really a value at all.
  你可能会说，安全并不是乏善可陈的，但安全也根本不算是一种价值观。
• Managers have to show why these and other apparently banal tasks matter.
  管理者必须要说明，为什么这些及其它显然很平凡的工作很重要。
• This constant sunshine is so banal.
  不断的阳光显得如此乏味。
• Put like this it sounds banal, though actually it's heresy.
  听起来这好像是老一套，但实际上，这是一种异端学说。
• His banal observations on the game.
  他对这场比赛的乏味评论。
• This is banal. But what is obvious is almost always hardest.
  这很老套，但显而易见的东西几乎总是最难做到的。
• The campus is very flat and the existing classroom building is an out of scale and banal volume.
  小学校园的场地是非常平坦乏味的，教室楼更是一个尺度失常，毫无新意的体量。