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hackneyed

[英] [ˈhækni:d] [美] [ˈhæknid] 生词本

adj.

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1. 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 as hackneyed, you think it is no longer likely to interest, amuse or affect people because it has been used, seen, or heard many times before. 
  • 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。

  • ...hackneyed postcard snaps of lochs and glens.

    老掉牙的苏格兰湖泊峡谷风景照片

Adjective

1. 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'"
1. This article is rather hackneyed.
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