trite /ˈtraɪt/
(a.)平庸的,陳腐的,平凡的,用壞的
Trite a. Worn out; common; used until so common as to have lost novelty and interest; hackneyed; stale; as, a trite remark; a trite subject. -- Trite*ly, adv. -- Trite*ness, n.
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trite
adj : repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic
sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace";
"hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating
threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom";
"the trite metaphor `hard as nails'" [syn: banal, commonplace,
hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock(a), threadbare,
timeworn, tired, well-worn]