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

• 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。
• He preluded with some banal remarks.
  他讲了一些老套话作为开场白。
• 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。
• He just sat there making banal remarks all evening.
  他整晚都坐在那儿说些无聊的话。
• 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。
• Put like this it sounds banal, though actually it's heresy.
  听起来这好像是老一套，但实际上，这是一种异端学说。
• When you explain poetry, it becomes banal.
  当你解释诗歌的时候，它就变得很平庸。
• 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。
• The lyrics are banal and the rhymes clumsy.
  歌词平淡老套，押韵生硬蹩脚。
• At that age, I had little wisdom and what some would call a fairly banal Irish Catholic upbringing: my father was a gifted horseman, a raging alcoholic, and a crisis-fomenting tyrant.
  在那个年龄，我有一点智慧和可以被称为一个平凡的爱尔兰天主教徒的抚养：我的父亲是一个天才的骑师，一个疯狂的酗酒者和一个助长危机的暴君。