hackneyed

英 [ˈhæknid]

美 [ˈhæknid]

adj.  陈腐的

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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

• A soap opera with a hackneyed plot;
  情节老掉牙的肥皂剧；
• 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。
• Hackneyed words and expressions should be avoided in writing.
  写文章务去陈言。
• A monastic should be detached, easy, open-minded and not hackneyed in temperament, and thus proved to be a true man.
  出家人要流露出一种超然从容、豁达离俗的气质，才不愧为大丈夫相。
• 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。
• A newspaper should be lively and should avoid hackneyed stuff.
  报纸要办得生动，切忌死板老套。
• He sometimes slips into rather dreadful puns and hackneyed language.
  他有时会失口说出很刺耳的双关语和极陈腐的话来。
• Too often used or too well known to be effective; hackneyed.
  因经常使用或尽人皆知而无效力的；陈腐的。
• 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。
• Hackneyed Problem in Stair Design
  楼梯设计的常见问题