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.- 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? - ...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
- Why couldn't he say something original instead of spouting the same old platitudes?
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - He delivered a long prose full of platitudes.
他发表了一篇充满陈词滥调的文章。 - Platitudes about death and absence are easy, however close to hand and present death always is.
对于死亡和离开的陈词滥调是简单的,尽管,到手的展示死亡永远都是如此这般。 - There are various things that can be said about this sorry exercise in windy platitudes.
对于这种拙劣的陈词滥调,有几点可以说一下。 - Although the television livelihood of the people news is topic of the platitudes, but carries on it with the complete contact theory the thorough analysis, this article is attempts for the first time.
电视民生新闻虽是老生常谈之话题,但将其用完备的交往理论进行深入分析,本文是首次尝试。 - 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。 - Meanwhile, at Deloitte the new chief is oozing platitudes as to the state of the company.
而德勤新任首席执行官透露出的,则是关于公司状况的陈词滥调。 - From there we discussed the fact that promoting platitudes and wanton generalities highlights the fact that the movement would seem to have a limited understanding of the real inner workings of Wall Street and its incestuous relationship with Washington.
之后,我们还谈到这场运动的口号都是些陈词滥调,行动也缺乏组织性,显示这场运动似乎对华尔街真正的内在运作及其与华盛顿的裙带关系了解有限。 - I mouthed some sympathetic platitudes
我言不由衷地说了一些表示同情的客套话。
