trite
adjective /traɪt/
/traɪt/
- (of a remark, an opinion, etc.
) boring because it has been expressed so many times before; not original言语、想法等 老生常谈的;陈腐的;老一套的 synonym banal- As trite as it sounds, I had forgotten what greenness was until I saw those palms.
虽然听起来很老套,但在看到那些棕榈树之前,我已经忘了什么是绿色。 - It is a trite observation that there is no such thing as a standard of international law.
认为世上没有国际法标准的说法是陈旧的言论。 - She seemed bored and asked trite questions.
她似乎很无聊,问了些老生常谈的问题。
词源mid 16th cent.: from Latin tritus, past participle of terere ‘to rub’. - As trite as it sounds, I had forgotten what greenness was until I saw those palms.