hackneyed

英 [ˈhæknid]

美 [ˈhæknid]

adj. 陈腐的

TOEFL GRE TEM8

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

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。
But when many people listen to philosophy, they often hear some hackneyed and stereotyped expressions and feel puzzled.
但当我们去聆听哲学时，听到的总是一些陈词滥调或不知所云而毫无智慧的感觉。
To make banal or hackneyed with indiscriminate use.
陈腐的陈腐的或者平凡的；
The traditional, but somewhat hackneyed approach is to turn the weakenss into strength.
最传统也最老套的方法是转弱为强。
In them, transverse crack, lengthways crack and other linear crack are hackneyed.
裂缝是高速公路早期病害的主要形式之一，其中以横向裂缝、纵向裂缝等线状裂缝最为常见。
A soap opera with a hackneyed plot;
情节老掉牙的肥皂剧；
A newspaper should be lively and should avoid hackneyed stuff.
报纸要办得生动，切忌死板老套。
A work of art ( composition or drama) that is part of the standard repertory but has become hackneyed from much repetition.
一件艺术品（乐曲或戏剧），它是标准剧目的一部分，但因为重复过多而变得陈腐。
I hate those hackneyed information, more hate those on the spur of the moment to play "thanksgiving".
我讨厌那些陈词烂调的信息，更讨厌那些一时兴起玩“感恩”的人。
Or maybe we will criticize it for being boring or hackneyed.
我们或许会批评它，因为它乏味，或者因为它陈腐。