\\\"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\\\'\\\"
造句
用作形容詞(adj.)
Chris\\\' banal advice was no help to us in solving our problem. 克里斯陳腐的勸告對于解決我們的問題完全沒有幫助。
Even if you are saying something banal, it will seem original if you make it vague, open-ended, and sphinxlike. 哪怕你是在說一些很平庸陳腐的東西，說得越模糊，越顯得獨創(chuàng)而有哲理。
It involves systematic yet banal design, and blunt reportage. 它使用系統(tǒng)的，然而平庸的設(shè)計和遲鈍的新聞報道。