"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'"
例句
用作形容词(adj.)
Yes, it's a hackneyed phrase, but politics is the art of the possible.没错，这是一条陈腐的词语，但政治的确是一种可能事件的艺术。
The hackneyed phrase came unintended to his lips.他顺口说了这句老掉牙的套话。
"Last but not least" is regarded as a hackneyed expression.“最后的但并非最不重要的一点“这个词组被认为是陈词烂调了。
