banal

英 [bəˈnɑːl]

美 [bəˈnɑːl]

adj.  平庸的; 平淡乏味的; 无关紧要的

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Collins.1 / BNC.15021 / COCA.16209

牛津词典

adj.

• 平庸的；平淡乏味的；无关紧要的
  very ordinary and containing nothing that is interesting or important

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 平庸的；平淡无奇的
  If you describe something asbanal, you do not like it because you think that it is so ordinary that it is not at all effective or interesting.
  1. The text is banal...
     课文索然无味。
  2. Bland, banal music tinkled discreetly from hidden loudspeakers.
     隐藏的喇叭里幽幽地传出平淡乏味的音乐。
  3. You can refer to banal things asthe banal.
     平庸的事物；平淡无奇的东西
  4. The allegations ranged from the banal to the bizarre.
     从平淡无奇到离奇百怪的各种说法都有。

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:commonplacehackneyedold-hatshopwornstock(a)threadbaretimeworntiredtritewell-worn

双语例句

• Even with a banal knee-length hem, these have attitude.
  即便是搭配沉闷的及膝裙，这些鞋子也能彰显你的个性。
• The latest effort is also banal and embarrassing but this time I am reproducing it below.
  最近这次努力也同样平淡无奇且让人难为情，但这一次，我把它复制在下面。
• He made banal comments about the weather.
  他关于天气的评论纯系陈词滥调。
• Bland, banal music tinkled discreetly from hidden loudspeakers.
  隐藏的喇叭里幽幽地传出平淡乏味的音乐。
• His lunatic counterfactual art is more appealing than the banal awfulness of the Reliable Sources.
  他的疯癫的反现实的艺术比从可靠的来源得来的平凡的有威严的消息更能引起我们的兴趣。
• This is banal. But what is obvious is almost always hardest.
  这很老套，但显而易见的东西几乎总是最难做到的。
• To make banal or hackneyed with indiscriminate use.
  陈腐的陈腐的或者平凡的；
• He just sat there making banal remarks all evening.
  他整晚都坐在那儿说些无聊的话。
• I have various banal symptoms which you can see for yourself.
  我的一些琐碎普通的症状，你自己可以看出。
• I couldn't think of anything to say that wouldn't sound banal.
  我想不出任何听上去不是陈词滥调的话可说。