well-worn

英 [ˌwel ˈwɔːn]

美 [ˌwel ˈwɔːrn]

adj.  用旧了的；老生常谈的；平凡的

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （话语、主意等）使用过多的,陈腐的,无新意的
  Awell-wornexpression, remark, or idea has been used so often that it no longer seems to have much meaning or to be interesting.
  1. To use a well-worn cliche, it is packed with information.
     说得老套一点，其内容翔实。
  2. ...well-worn party dogma and ideology.
     迂腐不堪的政党教条和意识形态
• ADJ-GRADED （物品）使用很久的;（衣物）穿旧了的
  Awell-wornobject or piece of clothing has been worn or used so frequently that it looks rather old and untidy.
  1. ...well-worn brown shoes.
     穿旧了的棕色鞋子

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:banalcommonplacehackneyedold-hatshopwornstock(a)threadbaretimeworntiredtrite
• showing signs of much wear or use

双语例句

• To use a well-worn cliche, it is packed with information.
  说得老套一点，其内容翔实。
• China Little T ( r) ips is a series of guides for those who want to get off the well-worn tourist path in China, but don't have the inside knowledge or the language skills to do so.
  中国小贴士（ChinaLittleT（r）ips）是一套系列导游书，适合那些既想避开游客泛滥的景点，但又对中国的内情和语言了解不多的游客。
• He began to search in the right-hand pocket of his well-worn and baggy linen suit.
  他开始在那件磨得很旧的，肥大的衣服上的右边口袋里东摸西摸。
• In this, the Tennessee Senator follows a well-worn rhetorical path.
  这位田纳西参议员选择了一条俗套的路线。
• And when the well-worn garments were put to the smell test, researchers came up with a sweet-smelling discovery-the jeans didn't actually smell that bad.
  当把这些穿久了的牛仔裤拿来做味觉试验时，研究人员有了一项惊奇的发现这些牛仔裤的味道并没有那么差。
• Here and there sat well-worn stumps and logs and the remnants of a campfire.
  到处都是用旧了的树桩和圆木，还有篝火的灰烬。
• The whole interior seems to be made up of dark, well-worn wood.
  餐馆内部整个装饰似乎都由黑色、老化严重的木材组成。
• Most countries have well-worn laws against touting on street corners, against the more brazen type of brothel and against pimping.
  大多数国家仍然使用著陈旧的法律，它们禁止在街角挑逗，禁止较为无耻的妓院和拉皮条。
• But this flavor can often be soured by that well-worn poisoner of relationships everywhere: Money.
  不过，在一个东西面前，这种味道就变质了，虽然这个东西平凡得不能再平凡，却是所有感情的毒药，那就是：钱。
• As we researched ecosystems ( gatherings of business participants engaged in some form of collaboration), we found that the well-worn term perfectly characterized the nuances of MSDOS and other webs.
  我们再来研究一下生态系统，也就是即商业参与者通过某种形式的合作组成的集群，我们发现这个了无新意的词汇完美地凸显了MSDOS和其他网络的微妙之处。