记忆方法
1. flat => platitude 就是那些平凡、平庸的话。
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词族 · platitude
词形变化
派生词
中文词源
platitude 陈词滥调，老生常谈
来自古法语plat,平的，词源同plate.比喻用法。
英语词源
- platitude (n.)
- 1812, "dullness," from French platitude "flatness, vapidness" (late 17c.), from Old French plat "flat" (see plateau (n.)); formed on analogy of latitude, etc. Meaning "a flat, dull, or commonplace remark" is recorded from 1815. Related: Platitudinous. Hence platitudinarian (n.), 1855; platitudinize (1867).
权威例句
- 1. The talk is no more than a platitude.
- 这番话无非是老生常谈.
- 2. It's no more than a platitude.
- 无非是老生常谈.
- 3. His speech is full of platitude.
- 他的讲话充满了陈词滥调。
- 4. I am the champion of the platitude.
- 我是这种老生常谈的冠军.
- 5. 'someone must have told you that. You'd never think of such a platitude all by yourself.
- " 也许有人对你说过这话了, 你自己决不会想出这种陈腔滥调来的.