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

• 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。
• In the last 30 years, we have essentially changed the comprehension about tic disorders. Especially since the 1990s, tic disorders has been widely considered a hackneyed phenomena. It is caused by genetic obstacle and bad environmental factors.
  近30余年来，我们对抽动障碍的认识发生了本质的改变，特别是90年代以来，医学界普遍认为抽动障碍非常多见，是一种由遗传缺陷和不良环境因素所致的神经精神发育障碍。
• A soap opera with a hackneyed plot;
  情节老掉牙的肥皂剧；
• It was a dark and stormy night "is a hackneyed beginning for a story. save".
  “那是一个风雨交加的黑暗的夜晚”，这是常见的故事的开头。
• 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。
• A monastic should be detached, easy, open-minded and not hackneyed in temperament, and thus proved to be a true man.
  出家人要流露出一种超然从容、豁达离俗的气质，才不愧为大丈夫相。
• Repeated too often; trite or hackneyed.
  陈腐的重复太多的；陈词或滥调的。
• Here is what the book has to say on this hackneyed theme: We strive to make our world comfortable for people of all stripes, thinking styles and hairdos – even when they exceed our comfort level.
  关于这个陈腐的主题，这本书不得不说的话就是：我们努力让我们的世界让各种类型、思维方式和发型的人都感到舒服&就算他们超出了我们的舒服程度，也不例外。
• Vagueness is the hackneyed phenomenon in human languages.
  模糊词语是人类语言中常见的现象。
• Hackneyed words and expressions should be avoided in writing.
  写文章务去陈言。