hackneyed

a hackneyed phrase/subject

陳詞濫調(diào)；老生常談的話題

牛津詞典

...hackneyed postcard snaps of lochs and glens.

老掉牙的蘇格蘭湖泊峽谷風景照片

Power corrupts and absolute power absolutely corrupts. That's the old hackneyed phrase, but it's true.

權力導致腐敗，絕對權力導致絕對腐敗。這雖是老生常談，但卻是真理。

The singular storyline puts a twist on hackneyed subject, providing fresh and provocative entertainment.

獨特的劇情展開讓常見的題材耳目一新, 從而追求一種新鮮辛辣的樂趣.

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Too often used or too well known to be effective; hackneyed.

因經(jīng)常使用或盡人皆知而無效力的; 陳腐的.

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Noone would like to accepts the hackneyed idea.

沒有人愿意接受陳舊的理念.

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Properly used, and not hackneyed, the words are good and appropriate.

如果用得得當, 而不是濫用的話, 這幾個字倒是恰當?shù)暮米盅?

辭典例句

It is a mere hackneyed tune being played anew.

這只不過是老調(diào)重彈.

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To use the hackneyed phrase, here he found himself.

用一句陳腐的話說, 他在這里可謂“得其所哉”.

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If the theme were hackneyed, I should be obliged to deal gently with the reader.

假如這是個老生常談的題目, 我只消向讀者輕描淡寫一番就行了.

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It is a hackneyed expression.

這是一個陳腐的(常見的)表達.

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His message was a hackneyed and grasping exposition of those fears.

他的信息無非是陳詞濫調(diào),并暴露了他的恐懼.

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On Valentine's Day, chocolate and roses are hackneyed presents for girls.

在情人節(jié)送女孩巧克力和玫瑰是老套的禮物.

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Things we learn at school are always hackneyed.

我們在學校學的東西總是很陳腐.

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The hackneyed theory governed that time.

這個腐朽的理論統(tǒng)治著那個時代.

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This article is rather hackneyed.

這篇文章寫得太呆板.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

He sometimes slips into rather dreadful puns and hackneyed language.

他有時會失口說出很刺耳的雙關語和極陳腐的話來.

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The singular storyline puts a twist on a hackneyed subject, providing fresh and provocative entertainment.

獨特的劇情展開讓常見的題材耳目一新 ﹐ 從而追求一種新鮮辛辣的樂趣.

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His speech seems to have no original ideas, furthermore it's full of hackneyed and stereotyped expressions.

他似乎沒有什么獨到的見解, 他的講話充滿了陳詞濫調(diào).

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The traditional, but somewhat hackneyed approach is to turn the weakenss into strength.

最傳統(tǒng)也最老套的方法是轉(zhuǎn)弱為強.

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Or maybe we will criticize it for being boring or hackneyed.

我們或許會批評它,因為它乏味,或者因為它陳腐.

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The hackneyed phrase came unintended to his lips.

他順口說了這句老掉牙的套話。

辭典例句

Power corrupts and absolute power absolutely corrupts. That's the old hackneyed phrase, but it's true.

權力導致腐敗，絕對權力導致絕對腐敗。這雖是老生常談，但卻是真理。

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