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banal adj.陈腐的；平庸的 (1) 哪怕你是在说一些很平庸陈腐的东西，说得越模糊，越显得独创而有哲理。(2) 它使用系统的，然而平庸的设计和迟钝的新闻报道。 Ever notice how some TV shows, songs, and even phrases are boring and unoriginal? It's like you've seen or heard the same thing a million times. Anything that's unoriginal and dull is banal — a fancy word for things that bore you to tears. When you're writing, try not to be banal. Clichés and dull topics are banal. New ideas, fresh language, and unusual subject matter can keep your writing from being dreary and banal.

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英 [bə'nɑːl] 美 [bə'nɑːl] (1) Even if you are saying something banal, it will seem original if you make it vague, open-ended, and sphinxlike.(2) It involves systematic yet banal design, and blunt reportage. If something is boring and unoriginal, it's banal. Banal things are dull as dishwater. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]平庸的；平淡无奇的 If you describe something as banal, you do not like it because you think that it is so ordinary that it is not at all effective or interesting.   [the N]  [disapproval]The text is banal...课文索然无味。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。You can refer to banal things as the banal .平庸的事物；平淡无奇的东西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。banality...the banality of life...生活的平淡无趣Neil's ability to utter banalities never ceased to amaze me.每次我都很惊讶，尼尔怎么能讲出这么索然无味的东西。

英语单词	banal
英美音标	英 [bə'nɑːl] 美 [bə'nɑːl]
中文释义	adj.陈腐的；平庸的
英语例句	(1) Even if you are saying something banal, it will seem original if you make it vague, open-ended, and sphinxlike. (2) It involves systematic yet banal design, and blunt reportage.
中文例句	(1) 哪怕你是在说一些很平庸陈腐的东西，说得越模糊，越显得独创而有哲理。 (2) 它使用系统的，然而平庸的设计和迟钝的新闻报道。
vocabulary简明	If something is boring and unoriginal, it's banal. Banal things are dull as dishwater.
vocabulary扩展	Ever notice how some TV shows, songs, and even phrases are boring and unoriginal? It's like you've seen or heard the same thing a million times. Anything that's unoriginal and dull is banal — a fancy word for things that bore you to tears. When you're writing, try not to be banal. Clichés and dull topics are banal. New ideas, fresh language, and unusual subject matter can keep your writing from being dreary and banal.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]平庸的；平淡无奇的 If you describe something as banal, you do not like it because you think that it is so ordinary that it is not at all effective or interesting. [the N] [disapproval] The text is banal... 课文索然无味。 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。 You can refer to banal things as the banal .平庸的事物；平淡无奇的东西 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。 banality ...the banality of life... 生活的平淡无趣 Neil's ability to utter banalities never ceased to amaze me. 每次我都很惊讶，尼尔怎么能讲出这么索然无味的东西。

Banal Things Dull Boring 英 Bə'Nɑːl] 美 Bə'Nɑːl Adj.陈腐的；平庸的