platitude

英 [ˈplætɪtjuːd]

美 [ˈplætɪtuːd]

n. 陈词滥调; 老生常谈

复数：platitudes　

TOEFL IELTS GRE

BNC.19933 / COCA.20203

牛津词典

noun

陈词滥调；老生常谈
a comment or statement that has been made very often before and is therefore not interesting

柯林斯词典

N-COUNT 陈词滥调；套话
Aplatitudeis a statement which is considered meaningless and boring because it has been made many times before in similar situations.
1. Why couldn't he say something original instead of spouting the same old platitudes?
  他为什么就不能讲些有新意的话，而不是喋喋不休地说些老生常谈呢？
2. ...a stream of platitudes, outlining many problems but offering few solutions.
  概述了很多问题、但几乎没有提出解决办法的一串陈词滥调

英英释义

noun

a trite or obvious remark
Synonym:clichebanalitycommonplacebromide

双语例句

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。
The changs of teaching environment and major are in conflict with the platitude pattern of university teaching.
本文首先从教学环境、教学主体的变化与大学陈旧的教学模式的矛盾中，得出了结论：大学数学教学必须走教学改革的道路；
How to improve college English teaching is a platitude but the significance of doing so can't be neglected.
如何提高高校外语教学质量可谓老生常谈。然而意义却不容忽视。
That's no platitude; the boundary between the two is surprisingly clear.
这并非陈词滥调；这两者之间的界限极其清晰。
This is really a platitude and different people have different views question.
这实在是「老生常谈」而且「见仁见智」的问题。
I became a walking platitude, telling friends without a trace of irony to live every day as though it were their last.
我成了行走着的话唠（活生生的唐僧？），我不带丝毫讽刺意味地告诉朋友们，要像它是人生最后一天一样过好每一天。
The topic of translation criteria may be thought of as platitude, but such assumption is rather misleading.
翻译标准这个话题似乎已是老生常谈，其实不然。
But this is just a reassuring platitude.
但这不过是用来安慰人的陈词滥调。
With reference to ordinary company governance, it has been a platitude for a long time; but the particularity of financial holding group, can never compared with that of ordinary company.
关于一般公司的治理，已是老生常谈的问题，但金融控股集团的公司治理特殊性，却远非一般公司所能对比。
It's no more than a platitude.
无非是老生常谈。