platitude

platitude

[ˈplætɪtju:d]

n.平常的话，老生常谈，陈词滥调;

复数： platitudes

英文例句/中文翻译：

1、

When Aristotle says that man is a political animal by nature, he is doing more than simply asserting just a truism or just some platitude.

当亚里士多德说，人类天生是政治动物，他的主张，不只是老生常谈，或是陈腔滥调。

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2、

I became a walking platitude, telling friends without a trace of irony to live every day as though it were their last.

我成了行走着的话唠（活生生的唐僧？），我不带丝毫讽刺意味地告诉朋友们，要像它是人生最后一天一样过好每一天。

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3、

The General was showing him that he wasn't superior to the platitude either.

将军的本意也正是要叫他明白,他也一样跳不出这些老调的圈圈.

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