banal

A trite or banal remark or statement, especially one expressed AS if it were original or significant.

陈腔滥调陈腐的或平庸的评论或陈述，尤指某人表述它时好象它是新颖的或有意义的

Making banal remarks was one of his bad habits.

他的坏习惯之一就是喜欢说些陈词滥调。

In Ulysses, the events of the day seem to be trivial, insignificant or even banal.

在《尤利西斯》小说中，这一天内发生的事情极为琐碎，毫无意义，甚至非常陈腐。

The reality was far more banal: doctors concluded that Princess Grace had suffered some sort of attack, most likely a minor stroke.

现实情况是远远陈腐：医师断定王妃遭到某种攻击最有可能是轻微中风。

It sounds almost banal to say, [but] it's a really big world out there, and the United States has responsibilities practically everywhere.

听起来像是陈词滥调，[但]这世界实在太大了，而美国的职责几乎无处不在。

The most banal observation counts as an "insight" , while anything that vaguely makes sense is said to have "compelling logic" .

再平庸不过的看法被奉为“洞见”，而稍稍有那么点儿道理的东西都被说成具有“不容置疑的逻辑性”。

While they enjoy the comfort and banal luxury of their dwelling , they do not realize that they are deprived of the necessities of life.

他们喜欢舒适平庸而奢华的住所，但他们没有认识到缺少了生活的必需品。

It was above all that our deliberations were banal or irrelevant.

最主要的是，我们的考虑平平庸庸，或者说不得要领。

To some readers, The One Minute Manager may seem to be every bit as banal and simplistic - as obvious, in fact - as Mr Dale's The Obvious.

对某些读者来说，《一分钟经理人》也许看起来完全跟戴尔的《显而易见》一样陈腐老套、过于简单——其实是一样“浅显”。

This is a banal untruth, uttered with an air of spurious profundity designed to embarrass people not on board for their project.

这是一个毫无新意的谎言，带有几分欺骗性的深奥，目的是让没有参与欧元项目的人感到尴尬。

and remove the need for "banal handshakes which are not always enthusiastic. "

而且这样的话，人们就不需要进行“老套的、通常又不怎么热情的握手了”。

As it is, of course, in his own sketchy paintings, where laden titles such as "Gas Chamber" explain elusive or banal images.

在他的画中，像《毒气室》（GasChamber）这样沉重的标题说明了难以琢磨或陈旧的图象。

Enormous SUVs and tank-like vehicles like the Hummer compete for showroom space with banal, small sedans.

庞大的SUV和坦克样的车辆和乏味的小轿车像蜂鸟们为夺取比赛陈列室的空间。

The film could then be embedded into otherwise banal correspondence as punctuation at the end of a sentence.

胶片会被做成句子末尾的标点，植入再普通不过的书信中。

Her pinions pussyfoot around the contradiction or pedantically try to harmonize the notion of radical and banal evil.

她的信徒小心翼翼地围绕这个矛盾或者学究式地试图协调极端和平庸的罪恶。

So the effect of banal commentary , and banal thinking in general , is to turn everything into undifferentiated pap .

所以，平庸评论和平庸思想效应总体来说，会把一切变成没差别的浆糊。

Chris' banal advice was no help to us in solving our problem.

克里斯陈腐的劝告对于解决我们的问题完全没有帮助。

While they enjoy the comfort and banal luxury of their dwelling, they do not realized that they are deprived of nessessities of life.

在享受自己住宅的舒适和庸俗的豪华时，却没有意识到被剥夺了生活所必需的东西。

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。

camp: an affectation or appreciation of manners and tastes commonly thought to be artificial, vulgar, or banal .

下流，庸俗，做作：行为或情趣上的矫揉造作，通常被认为是不自然的、粗俗的或平庸的。