"used till so common as to have lost its novelty and interest," 1540s, from Latin tritus "worn, oft-trodden," of language "much-used, familiar, commonplace," past participle adjective from terere "to rub, wear down" (see throw (v.)). Related: Tritely; triteness.
雙語例句
1. The simple concepts he had been taught now sounded trite and naive.
他曾經(jīng)被教導(dǎo)的簡單觀念如今聽起來陳腐而幼稚。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The heading is trite.
標(biāo)題陳舊.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
3. The movie is teeming with obvious and trite ideas.
這部電影充斥著平鋪直敘的陳腐觀點。
來自辭典例句
4. It was spiritual, but it wasn't trite.
但是她愛他是精神上的, 決不是俗套.
來自英漢文學(xué) - 廊橋遺夢
5. Yesterday, in the restaurant , Lorraine had seemed trite , blurred, worn away.