banality

英 [bəˈnæləti]

美 [bəˈnæləti]

n.  平庸; 平淡乏味; 陈腐的事物; 陈词滥调

复数：banalities　

BNC.20540 / COCA.20303

牛津词典

noun

• 平庸；平淡乏味；陈腐的事物；陈词滥调
  the quality of being banal ; things, remarks, etc. that are banal
  1. the banality of modern city life
     现代城市生活的单调乏味
  2. They exchanged banalities for a couple of minutes.
     他们彼此客套了几分钟。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 平庸的；平淡无奇的
  If you describe something asbanal, you do not like it because you think that it is so ordinary that it is not at all effective or interesting.
  1. The text is banal...
     课文索然无味。
  2. Bland, banal music tinkled discreetly from hidden loudspeakers.
     隐藏的喇叭里幽幽地传出平淡乏味的音乐。
  3. You can refer to banal things asthe banal.
     平庸的事物；平淡无奇的东西
  4. The allegations ranged from the banal to the bizarre.
     从平淡无奇到离奇百怪的各种说法都有。

英英释义

noun

• a trite or obvious remark
  Synonym:platitudeclichecommonplacebromide

双语例句

• Banality weakens our intellectual, spiritual and ethical muscles, rendering us flabby thinkers, unable or unwilling to chew over the difficult matter of experience and make it part of us.
  平庸削弱我们的智力、精神乃至伦理力量，把我们塑造成有气无力的思考者，没有能力或不愿意咀嚼经验中艰涩的事物，并使之成为我们的一部分。
• Lu the banality of life during wartime: a soldier wakes up in the morning to see compatriots shooting prisoners, then rejoices in the afternoon when he drinks a bowl of red bean soup.
  这些文字告诉陆川战争时的生活琐事：一个士兵早上醒来看见他的同胞射杀战俘，而在下午为喝了一碗红豆汤而欣喜不已。
• While revealing openly and comprehensively art concepts, we refuse banality, repudiate mediocrity and affectation, and try to introduce you the real'Young'artists.
  我们着力挖掘那些开放与包容的艺术理念，拒绝随波逐流，拒绝平庸与造作，将真正“年轻”的艺术家推荐给你。
• But the banality of your own life is very real to you.
  但是平凡的生活对你言却是很真实。
• Whether it is lasting or not, there is beauty and banality, then what the wonderful things really is?
  不管是短暂的还是长久的，都有美丽与平凡，那么美好的东西到底是什么呢？
• The danger of banality is an insidious one.
  平庸的危险是隐性的。
• The connection between the banality of evil and the evil of banality is the danger of a surrender of our human powers of discrimination.
  平庸之恶与恶之平庸之间的联系正是人类放弃判断能力的危险。
• He couldn't believe the banality of the question.
  他无法相信那问题竟如此陈腐。
• Some of the movie versions used the new technology to create new realities, while others abused it to the point of banality.
  系列电影中有几部利用这种新技术来创建新现实，而有的则将这种该技术滥用到毫无新意的地步。
• In a speech he asked Iranian men and women to abstain from sex after watching satellite TV so that the embryo would not be polluted by the banality.
  在一次演讲中，他呼吁伊朗的男女在看完卫星电视之后不要发生关系，这样就可以使胎儿免于腐朽事物的污染。