| 单词 | platitude |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['plætitju:d] |
| 解释 | n.陈词滥调 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 陈词滥调(a banal, trite, or stale remark) 【考】 equivocation : ambiguous / platitude : banal(模棱两可的话含糊/ 陈词滥调陈腐)反义词：original observation(有新意 的评论) 【记】 plat(平)+itude→平 庸的状态→陈词滥调 【同】 adj. platitudious 【例】 My advisor's hollow platitudes weren't helpful. |
| 字源 | 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). |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 陈词滥调 = triteness 【记】plat平, itude状态－平庸的状态－陈词滥调 【类】equivocation: ambiguous = platitude: banal = postulate: presumptive模棱两可的话是含糊的 = 陈词滥调是陈腐的 = 假定是假定的 【反】original observation(有新意的评论) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】plat 平 + titude 状态，attitude 态度→平淡的态度 |
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