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

• And rose above banal social and moral conventions to construct an authentic life.
  并超越陈腐的社会道德传统，而过着自己真正的生活。
• To make banal or hackneyed with indiscriminate use.
  陈腐的陈腐的或者平凡的；
• 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。
• He made banal comments about the weather.
  他关于天气的评论纯系陈词滥调。
• 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。
• With children in tow I was planning a more wholesome, though equally as banal, existence.
  因为有孩子跟着，我计划过一种更有益健康，但同样平淡无奇的生活。
• Silicon Valley companies sit on a trove of data about our most banal daily pursuits.
  硅谷企业掌握了大量关于我们最平凡日常事务的数据。
• I have various banal symptoms which you can see for yourself.
  我的一些琐碎普通的症状，你自己可以看出。
• This constant sunshine is so banal.
  不断的阳光显得如此乏味。
• The campus is very flat and the existing classroom building is an out of scale and banal volume.
  小学校园的场地是非常平坦乏味的，教室楼更是一个尺度失常，毫无新意的体量。