banal

英 [bəˈnɑːl]

美 [bəˈnɑːl]

adj.  平庸的; 平淡乏味的; 无关紧要的

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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

• Managers have to show why these and other apparently banal tasks matter.
  管理者必须要说明，为什么这些及其它显然很平凡的工作很重要。
• And rose above banal social and moral conventions to construct an authentic life.
  并超越陈腐的社会道德传统，而过着自己真正的生活。
• 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。
• With children in tow I was planning a more wholesome, though equally as banal, existence.
  因为有孩子跟着，我计划过一种更有益健康，但同样平淡无奇的生活。
• This managed to be both butch and banal; to quote glibly from a Tom Hanks movie when you have made the savings of your investors shrink was insultingly crass.
  这句话既成功表现出了粗俗的男子气，又显得陈词滥调；你已使投资者的储蓄缩水了，还狡猾地引用汤姆•汉克斯（TomHanks）电影中的话，这样做既无礼又粗鲁。
• This sounds pretty banal but you'd be surprised how often people fail to heed this standard advice.
  这听起来很老套，但你会吃惊地发现人们是多麽容易忽视这条放之四海而兼准的好建议。
• His frequent use of cliches made his essay seem banal.
  由于他反复使用这些陈腐的题材，所以他的文章味同嚼蜡。
• You could say safety is not banal, but then it is not really a value at all.
  你可能会说，安全并不是乏善可陈的，但安全也根本不算是一种价值观。
• He preluded with some banal remarks.
  他讲了一些老套话作为开场白。
• He just sat there making banal remarks all evening.
  他整晚都坐在那儿说些无聊的话。