"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'"
hackneyed的用法和样例:
例句
用作形容词 (adj.)
Yes, it's a hackneyed phrase, but politics is the art of the possible. 没错,这是一条陈腐的词语,但政治的确是一种可能事件的艺术。
The hackneyed phrase came unintended to his lips. 他顺口说了这句老掉牙的套话。
"Last but not least" is regarded as a hackneyed expression. “最后的但并非最不重要的一点“这个词组被认为是陈词烂调了。