platitudes

英 [ˈplætɪtjuːdz]

美 [ˈplætɪˌtudz]

n.  陈词滥调; 老生常谈
platitude的复数

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

双语例句

• Yet I have found that serious entrepreneurs usually go way beyond these platitudes in their actions and thinking, and often wont volunteer their real views, for fear of alienating regular people, and being branded a fanatic.
  然而我发现，那些真心想有所建树的创业者经常与这些老生常谈相去甚远，并且出于对被普通人疏远和被贴上狂热分子标签的恐惧，他们往往不会践行他们真正的想法。
• You should avoid saying "It's for the best" or other such moralizing platitudes.
  你应避免说类似一切到最后都会好的或诸如此类的陈词滥调。
• Those are best done by encouraging a constructive dialogue rather than resorting to platitudes or scoring points.
  最好的方法是鼓励建设性的对话，而不要老生常谈。
• Western diplomats believe its private message to Gilani is likely to have been very different from the public platitudes.
  西方交际官相信中国对吉拉尼暗里传达的信息跟公布的陈词谰言完全不同。
• He was mouthing the usual platitudes about the need for more compassion.
  他言不由衷地说些需要更加同情之类的老一套话。
• For Lois there will be no platitudes about working for charity-instead she can talk about the MSc in Financial Economics she is studying at the university's Sa? d Business School.
  她不会在比赛上说些有关慈善爱心的陈词滥调，作为牛津大学的金融学硕士，她谈论的话题则可能是有关全球的经济动态。
• Stated as an English sentence, of course, this is just a banal platitude& but the fact is that, in the day-to-day trenches of adult existence, banal platitudes can have life-or-death importance.
  当然用一句英语句子来阐述，只是些陈词滥调&但是事实上，在成年人存在的日常鸿沟中，陈词滥调可能很重要，它可以决定你的生死。
• He delivered a long prose full of platitudes.
  他发表了一篇充满陈词滥调的文章。
• That inadequate 67-page document was big on platitudes but small on substance in addressing the ethical conundrums employees face.
  这份区区67页的文件充满了陈词滥调，但却在解决员工面临的道德难题上缺乏实质性内容。
• We shall have to listen to more platitudes about the dangers of overspending.
  我们又得再听一通超支危害的陈词滥调了。